61Advice to Category 2, 3 or 4 contacts

#### 61 Advice to Category 2, 3 or 4 contacts 61 Advice to Category 2, 3 or 4 contacts > > (1) The Secretary or an attending medical practitioner may— > > > > > (a) notify a person who the Secretary or attending medical practitioner believes may have been in contact with a person suffering from a Category 2, 3 or 4 condition of measures to be taken, and activities to be avoided, to minimise the danger of the first person contracting the condition or passing it to a third person, or > > > > > (b) authorise a relevant health practitioner to notify the person. > > > (2) The notification must be in accordance with any directions of the Chief Health Officer published on the Ministry of Health’s website. > > > (3) In this section— > > > > attending medical practitioner means a registered medical practitioner who attends the person suffering from a Category 2, 3 or 4 condition. > > > > relevant health practitioner means an individual who provides the following services, whether as public or private services— > > > > > (a) medical, hospital, nursing or midwifery services, > > > > > (b) community health services, > > > > > (c) health education services, > > > > > (d) public and population health services, > > > > > (e) welfare services necessary to implement a service referred to in paragraphs (a)–(d).