sec.89Functions of contact tracing officer

### sec.89 Functions of contact tracing officer A contact tracing officer has the following functions— identifying persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition; identifying persons who may transmit a notifiable condition to others; informing persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition so that they may seek medical examination and treatment; providing information to persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition to prevent or minimise transmission of the notifiable condition; obtaining information about the following to prevent or minimise transmission of a notifiable condition— how a person has, or may have, been exposed to the notifiable condition; how a person has, or may have, exposed other persons to the notifiable condition. A contact tracing officer’s functions may be exercised within or outside Queensland or in relation to persons within or outside Queensland. Without limiting subsection (2) , if the chief health officer has made an arrangement under subsection (4) with the corresponding officer for a jurisdiction, a contact tracing officer’s functions may be exercised under the arrangement in relation to the jurisdiction or persons connected with the jurisdiction. For subsection (3) , the chief health officer may make an arrangement with a corresponding officer for a jurisdiction for contact tracing officers to exercise functions in relation to the jurisdiction or persons connected with the jurisdiction. In this section— corresponding officer , for a jurisdiction, means a person who has functions under a law of the jurisdiction that correspond with the chief health officer’s functions. jurisdiction means the Commonwealth or another State. s 89 amd 2020 No. 23 s 55V (sec.89-ssec.1) A contact tracing officer has the following functions— identifying persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition; identifying persons who may transmit a notifiable condition to others; informing persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition so that they may seek medical examination and treatment; providing information to persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition to prevent or minimise transmission of the notifiable condition; obtaining information about the following to prevent or minimise transmission of a notifiable condition— how a person has, or may have, been exposed to the notifiable condition; how a person has, or may have, exposed other persons to the notifiable condition. (sec.89-ssec.2) A contact tracing officer’s functions may be exercised within or outside Queensland or in relation to persons within or outside Queensland. (sec.89-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (2) , if the chief health officer has made an arrangement under subsection (4) with the corresponding officer for a jurisdiction, a contact tracing officer’s functions may be exercised under the arrangement in relation to the jurisdiction or persons connected with the jurisdiction. (sec.89-ssec.4) For subsection (3) , the chief health officer may make an arrangement with a corresponding officer for a jurisdiction for contact tracing officers to exercise functions in relation to the jurisdiction or persons connected with the jurisdiction. (sec.89-ssec.5) In this section— corresponding officer , for a jurisdiction, means a person who has functions under a law of the jurisdiction that correspond with the chief health officer’s functions. jurisdiction means the Commonwealth or another State. - (a) identifying persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition; - (b) identifying persons who may transmit a notifiable condition to others; - (c) informing persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition so that they may seek medical examination and treatment; - (d) providing information to persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition to prevent or minimise transmission of the notifiable condition; - (e) obtaining information about the following to prevent or minimise transmission of a notifiable condition— (i) how a person has, or may have, been exposed to the notifiable condition; (ii) how a person has, or may have, exposed other persons to the notifiable condition. - (i) how a person has, or may have, been exposed to the notifiable condition; - (ii) how a person has, or may have, exposed other persons to the notifiable condition. - (i) how a person has, or may have, been exposed to the notifiable condition; - (ii) how a person has, or may have, exposed other persons to the notifiable condition.