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Public Health Act 2005
sec.234BNotification about cancer diagnosis at hospital
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### sec.234B Notification about cancer diagnosis at hospital
This section applies to the director of a hospital if—
a person attends the hospital for treatment or care; and
the person is diagnosed with cancer by a doctor at the hospital.
The director of the hospital must, within the period prescribed by regulation, give the chief executive a notification in the approved form about the diagnosis.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
s 234B ins 2023 No. 9 s 21
(sec.234B-ssec.1) This section applies to the director of a hospital if— a person attends the hospital for treatment or care; and the person is diagnosed with cancer by a doctor at the hospital.
(sec.234B-ssec.2) The director of the hospital must, within the period prescribed by regulation, give the chief executive a notification in the approved form about the diagnosis. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
- (a) a person attends the hospital for treatment or care; and
- (b) the person is diagnosed with cancer by a doctor at the hospital.