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699Incident notification—prescribed serious illnesses
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699 Incident notification—prescribed serious illnesses
For section 36 of the Act, each of the following conditions is a serious illness:
(a) any infection to which the carrying out of work is a significant contributing factor, including any infection that is reliably attributable to carrying out work:
(i) that involves providing treatment or care to a person; or
(ii) that involves contact with human blood or body substances; or
(iii) that involves handling or contact with animals, animal hides, skins, wool or hair, animal carcasses or animal waste products;
(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.