Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Unless
subsection (2) applies, a notification of HIV infection or AIDS under
section 276 must not include the name, address and telephone number of
the patient but must instead include only the first 2 letters of the
patient’s given and family names and the postcode of the area in which
the patient lives.
(2) The medical
practitioner or nurse practitioner may include in a notification of HIV
infection or AIDS the patient’s name, address and telephone number
if —
(a) the
patient consents; or
(b) the
practitioner has reasonable grounds to believe that the patient may engage in
behaviour that is likely to put other persons at risk of infection.
(3) A notification of
HIV infection or AIDS in relation to a patient must be separate from any other
notification relating to the patient.
(4) If, in relation to
a patient, the Executive Director, Public Health has reasonable grounds to
believe that the patient may engage in behaviour that is likely to put other
persons at risk of infection, the Executive Director, Public Health may
require the medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or responsible
pathologist to give the Executive Director, Public Health the name, address
and telephone number of the patient.
(5) A medical
practitioner, nurse practitioner or responsible pathologist who fails to
comply with a requirement under subsection (4), other than because the
practitioner or pathologist does not have the information, commits an offence.
[Section 276A inserted by No. 23 of 2006
s. 5.]