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HEALTH ACT 1911 - SECT 289

289 .         No liability for notifying etc.

                A medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or responsible pathologist who notifies the Executive Director, Public Health under sections 276 and 276A, or who gives additional information in accordance with section 276A(4), incurs no civil liability as a result, and is not to be regarded for any purpose as being in breach of any duty of confidentiality.

        [Section 289 inserted by No. 23 of 2006 s. 6.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 21 of 1957 s. 11.]



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