Queensland Consolidated Acts

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1978 - SECT 5

5 Meaning of parentage testing procedure

(1) A
"parentage testing procedure" is a physical or other test carried out on a person involving the application of medical science for the purpose of obtaining evidence about paternity.

(2) A parentage testing procedure includes the taking of tissue, fluid or other bodily sample from a person and the scientific examination of the samples.

(3) The following medical procedures are also parentage testing procedures—

(a) red cell antigen blood grouping;

(b) red cell enzyme blood grouping;

(c) human leucocyte antigen tissue typing;

(d) testing for serum markers;

(e) DNA typing.