17Notifying information about non‑prescribed occupational respiratory diseases—treating prescribed medical practitioner

17 Notifying information about non‑prescribed occupational respiratory diseases—treating prescribed medical practitioner

Minimum notification information may be notified (1) If: (a) a prescribed medical practitioner diagnoses an individual with a non‑prescribed occupational respiratory disease (whether the diagnosis was made before, or is made at or after, the commencement of this Act); and (b) the minimum notification information in relation to the individual is not included in the National Registry; a prescribed medical practitioner who is treating the individual for the disease may, with the individual’s consent, notify the Director‑General of the CDC, in an approved form, of the minimum notification information in relation to the individual.

Note 1: For minimum notification information, see subsection 12(2).

Note 2: The prescribed medical practitioner may, with the individual’s consent, also notify the Director‑General of the CDC, in an approved form, of additional information in relation to the individual (see subsection (2)).

Note 3: The prescribed medical practitioner who diagnosed the individual with the non‑prescribed occupational respiratory disease and the prescribed medical practitioner who is treating the individual for the disease may be the same person.

Additional information may be notified (2) A prescribed medical practitioner who notifies minimum notification information in relation to an individual under subsection (1) may, with the individual’s consent, notify the Director‑General of the CDC, in an approved form, of some or all of the following: (a) the additional notification information in relation to the individual; (b) other information (if any) in relation to the individual determined under subsection 12(4) for the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(c).

Note: For additional notification information, see subsection 12(3).

Information included in the National Registry may be corrected or updated (3) If information in relation to an individual who has been diagnosed with a non‑prescribed occupational respiratory disease is included in the National Registry under section 16 or this section, a prescribed medical practitioner who is treating the individual for the disease may, subject to subsection (4), correct or update the information by notifying the Director‑General of the CDC in an approved form. (4) A prescribed medical practitioner may correct or update information in relation to an individual under subsection (3) to make minor or technical changes (including to correct a minor error) without obtaining the individual’s consent. For any other changes, the prescribed medical practitioner must obtain the consent of the individual.