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).