sec.108ADisclosure for contact tracing purposes

### sec.108A Disclosure for contact tracing purposes Section 105 (1) does not apply if the disclosure of the confidential information by a relevant person is to a provider for the purpose of contacting another person (the traced person ) who has, or may have, contracted a notifiable condition, to— provide the traced person with information to prevent or minimise transmission of the notifiable condition; or enable the traced person to seek medical examination or treatment. In this section— health practitioner means a person who carries on, and is entitled to carry on, an occupation involving the provision of care for another person’s physical or mental health or wellbeing. a doctor a psychologist a social worker a registered nurse provider , in relation to a person, means any of the following— a health practitioner involved in the treatment or care of the person or a health practitioner nominated by the person; if the person is a child—the person’s parent or a person exercising parental responsibility for the child, including a person who, under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom, is regarded as the parent of the child; the person’s legal guardian; an entity from another jurisdiction that is responsible for preventing or controlling the spread of communicable diseases in that jurisdiction; another entity prescribed under a regulation. s 108A ins 2009 No. 44 s 160 (sec.108A-ssec.1) Section 105 (1) does not apply if the disclosure of the confidential information by a relevant person is to a provider for the purpose of contacting another person (the traced person ) who has, or may have, contracted a notifiable condition, to— provide the traced person with information to prevent or minimise transmission of the notifiable condition; or enable the traced person to seek medical examination or treatment. (sec.108A-ssec.2) In this section— health practitioner means a person who carries on, and is entitled to carry on, an occupation involving the provision of care for another person’s physical or mental health or wellbeing. a doctor a psychologist a social worker a registered nurse provider , in relation to a person, means any of the following— a health practitioner involved in the treatment or care of the person or a health practitioner nominated by the person; if the person is a child—the person’s parent or a person exercising parental responsibility for the child, including a person who, under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom, is regarded as the parent of the child; the person’s legal guardian; an entity from another jurisdiction that is responsible for preventing or controlling the spread of communicable diseases in that jurisdiction; another entity prescribed under a regulation. - (a) provide the traced person with information to prevent or minimise transmission of the notifiable condition; or - (b) enable the traced person to seek medical examination or treatment. - • a doctor - • a psychologist - • a social worker - • a registered nurse - (a) a health practitioner involved in the treatment or care of the person or a health practitioner nominated by the person; - (b) if the person is a child—the person’s parent or a person exercising parental responsibility for the child, including a person who, under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom, is regarded as the parent of the child; - (c) the person’s legal guardian; - (d) an entity from another jurisdiction that is responsible for preventing or controlling the spread of communicable diseases in that jurisdiction; - (e) another entity prescribed under a regulation.