Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) If a medical
practitioner or nurse practitioner forms the opinion that a patient of the
practitioner has an infectious disease, the practitioner must notify the
Executive Director, Public Health.
(2) If analysis of a
sample undertaken at a pathology laboratory indicates that the patient from
whom the sample was taken has or had an infectious disease, the responsible
pathologist of that pathology laboratory must ensure that the Executive
Director, Public Health is notified.
(3) The notification
must be given as soon as practicable and in a form and manner approved by the
Executive Director, Public Health.
(4) Subject to
section 276A, the notification must include the following information, to
the extent to which the medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or
responsible pathologist has that information —
(a) the
name of the disease;
(b) the
name, address, telephone number, date of birth and gender of the patient;
(c) the
name, address and telephone number of the patient’s medical practitioner
or nurse practitioner;
(d) any
other relevant information required by the approved form.
(5) A medical
practitioner, nurse practitioner or responsible pathologist who fails to
comply with this section commits an offence.
[Section 276 inserted by No. 23 of 2006
s. 5.]