699Incident notification—prescribed serious illnesses

699 Incident notification—prescribed serious illnesses

699 Incident notification—prescribed serious illnesses

For the Act, section 36, each of the following conditions is a serious illness—

(a) an infection to which the carrying out of work is a significant contributing factor, including an infection that is reliably attributable to carrying out work—

(i) with micro-organisms, or

(ii) that involves providing treatment or care to a person, or

(iii) that involves contact with human blood or body substances, or

(iv) that involves handling or contact with animals, animal hides, skins, wool or hair, animal carcasses or animal waste products,

[NSW] Note—

The Public Health Act 2010 also imposes obligations relating to the notification of certain medical conditions.

(b) the following occupational zoonoses contracted in the course of work involving handling or contact with animals, animal hides, skins, wool or hair, animal carcasses or animal waste products—

(i) Q fever,

(ii) Anthrax,

(iii) Leptospirosis,

(iv) Brucellosis,

(v) Hendra Virus,

(vi) Avian Influenza,

(vii) Psittacosis.