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82Health practitioners to make hospital CEO aware of notifiable diseases
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82 Health practitioners to make hospital CEO aware of notifiable diseases
82 Health practitioners to make hospital CEO aware of notifiable diseases
(cf 1991 Act, s 69)
A health practitioner who is providing professional care or treatment at a hospital and who suspects that—
(a) a patient at the hospital has a notifiable disease, or
(b) a former patient has had a notifiable disease while a patient at the hospital,
has a duty, and is authorised, to ensure that the chief executive officer of the hospital is made aware of that fact.