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Public Health Act 2005
sec.89Functions of contact tracing officer
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### 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.