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Schedule 1 Scheduled medical conditions

(Section 51)

Definitions

In this Schedule—

birth means the birth of a child who has breathed after delivery.

delivery, in relation to a child or still-born child, means the complete expulsion or extraction of the child or still-born child from the mother.

perinatal death means—

(a) the death of a child on the day of his or her birth or within the next succeeding 28 days, or

(b) a still-birth.

still-birth means the birth of a child that exhibits no sign of respiration or heartbeat, or other sign of life, after delivery and that—

(a) is of at least 20 weeks’ gestation, or

(b) if it cannot be reliably established whether the period of gestation is more or less than 20 weeks, has a body mass of at least 400 grams at birth.

Category 1

Acute rheumatic fever

Birth

Congenital malformation (as described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) in a child under the age of one year

Cystic fibrosis in a child under the age of one year

Hypothyroidism in a child under the age of one year

Perinatal death

Phenylketonuria in a child under the age of one year

Pregnancy with a child having a congenital malformation (as described in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems), cystic fibrosis, hypothyroidism, thalassaemia major or phenylketonuria

Rheumatic heart disease in a person under the age of 35 years

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Thalassaemia major in a child under the age of one year

Category 2

Acute viral hepatitis

Adverse event following immunisation

Asbestosis

Avian influenza in humans

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)

Foodborne illness in two or more related cases

Gastroenteritis among people of any age in an institution (for example, among persons in educational or residential institutions)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection

Leprosy

Measles

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Mpox