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Public Health Act 2005
sec.80Disclosure about notifiable conditions and contact tracing
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### sec.80 Disclosure about notifiable conditions and contact tracing
Section 77 (1) does not apply if the disclosure of the confidential information by a relevant person is authorised by the chief executive for the purposes of—
monitoring the incidence and patterns of notifiable conditions; or
identifying the source of outbreaks of notifiable conditions; or
identifying persons who may transmit a notifiable condition to others, to prevent or minimise the transmission of the condition; or
identifying persons who may have contracted, or may be at risk of contracting, a notifiable condition, to prevent or minimise the transmission of the condition; or
contact tracing by a contact tracing officer.
- (a) monitoring the incidence and patterns of notifiable conditions; or
- (b) identifying the source of outbreaks of notifiable conditions; or
- (c) identifying persons who may transmit a notifiable condition to others, to prevent or minimise the transmission of the condition; or
- (d) identifying persons who may have contracted, or may be at risk of contracting, a notifiable condition, to prevent or minimise the transmission of the condition; or
- (e) contact tracing by a contact tracing officer.