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Public Health Act 2005
sec.72When the director of a pathology laboratory must notify a pathological diagnosis notifiable condition
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### sec.72 When the director of a pathology laboratory must notify a pathological diagnosis notifiable condition
The director of a pathology laboratory must, under subsection (2) , unless the director has a reasonable excuse, notify the chief executive if a pathological examination of a specimen of human origin in the laboratory indicates that the person from whom the specimen was taken has or had a pathological diagnosis notifiable condition.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
The notice must—
comply with the requirements prescribed under a regulation; and
include the name of the doctor who referred the person’s specimen for pathological examination; and
be in the approved form.
(sec.72-ssec.1) The director of a pathology laboratory must, under subsection (2) , unless the director has a reasonable excuse, notify the chief executive if a pathological examination of a specimen of human origin in the laboratory indicates that the person from whom the specimen was taken has or had a pathological diagnosis notifiable condition. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.72-ssec.2) The notice must— comply with the requirements prescribed under a regulation; and include the name of the doctor who referred the person’s specimen for pathological examination; and be in the approved form.
- (a) comply with the requirements prescribed under a regulation; and
- (b) include the name of the doctor who referred the person’s specimen for pathological examination; and
- (c) be in the approved form.