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127Notification by registered medical practitioners of notifiable conditions
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127 Notification by registered medical practitioners of notifiable conditions
(1) This section applies if a registered medical practitioner has reasonable grounds to believe that a patient—
(a) has, or may have, a notifiable condition; or
(b) has, or may have, died with a notifiable condition.
(2) The registered medical practitioner must notify the Secretary of the notification details in accordance with—
(a) if the notifiable condition was prescribed to be a notifiable condition by the regulations, the regulations within the prescribed period; or
(b) if the notifiable condition was declared to be a notifiable condition by an Order in Council, the Order in Council within the specified period.