238Management and control of infectious disease, micro-organisms and medical conditions

238 Management and control of infectious disease, micro-organisms and medical conditions

(1) Without limiting the generality of section 232, the regulations may prescribe—

(a) a definition of immunised in relation to each vaccine-preventable disease;

(b) an infectious disease as a notifiable condition;

(c) a medical condition as a notifiable condition;

(d) a micro-organism as a notifiable micro‑organism;

(e) the period within which notification details of any notifiable condition or notifiable micro-organism required to be given by the regulations must be given;

(f) notification details for any notifiable condition or notifiable micro-organism;

(g) the manner of making a notification of any notifiable condition or notifiable micro‑organism;

(h) persons or classes of persons who must notify the Secretary of any notifiable condition or notifiable micro-organism;

(i) matters relating generally to the giving of information by the Secretary to other persons in relation to any notifiable condition or notifiable micro-organism;

(j) matters relating generally to the notification of any notifiable condition or notifiable micro-organism;

(k) matters relating generally to the collection and analysis of information about infectious diseases;

S. 238(1)(ka) inserted by No. 4/2018 s. 24(1).

(ka) for the purposes of Division 3A of Part 8—

(i) the manner of making a notification that a person has anaphylaxis;

(ii) the notification details for a person having anaphylaxis;

(iii) the period within which notification details for a person having anaphylaxis must be given;

(iv) the persons or classes of persons to whom the Secretary may provide information under section 130C;

S. 238(1)(l) repealed by No. 22/2019 s. 6(3).

(m) an infectious disease as a specified infectious disease for the purposes of Division 5 of Part 8;

(n) vaccine-preventable diseases for the purposes of Division 7 of Part 8;

S. 238(1)(o) amended by Nos 4/2018 s. 24(2), 22/2019 s. 4(2).

(o) a disease to be a prescribed disease;

(p) the conditions to apply in respect of prescribed pathology services performing tests for the purposes of this Act;

S. 238(1)(q) substituted by No. 15/2022 s. 16(a).

(q) matters relating to laboratory services (including a laboratory service within the meaning of section 130(9)) or pathology services—

(i) forwarding a prescribed class of samples, isolates and prescribed information to a person providing a laboratory service (including a laboratory service within the meaning of section 130(9)) or pathology service for the purposes of this Act; or