Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 89

A contact tracing officer has the following functions—

(a) identifying persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition;

(b) identifying persons who may transmit a notifiable condition to others;

(c) informing persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition so that they may seek medical examination and treatment;

(d) providing information to persons who may have contracted a notifiable condition to prevent or minimise transmission of the notifiable condition;

(e) obtaining information about the following to prevent or minimise transmission of a notifiable condition—

(i) how a person has, or may have, been exposed to the notifiable condition;

(ii) how a person has, or may have, exposed other persons to the notifiable condition.