Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Executive
Director, Public Heath may, by notice published in the Gazette , require all
persons over the age of 14 years of any class or classes specified in the
notice to undergo X-ray examinations for tuberculosis at such times and places
as are specified in the notice and all persons to whom the notice applies
shall, subject to subsection (3) undergo the examination accordingly.
(2) The Executive
Director, Public Health shall cause a copy of the notice promulgated pursuant
to the provisions of the last preceding subsection to be published once
at least in not less than 3 newspapers circulating in the State and may in
addition cause the contents of the notice to be made known to the public in
such other manner as he considers desirable.
(3) The provisions of
subsection (1) shall not apply to a person of a class in respect of which
class a notice is promulgated pursuant to those provisions, if that person is
the holder of a certificate signed by a medical practitioner by whom he has
been professionally attended or by an approved medical officer certifying that
the person has within a period of 12 months immediately preceding the
date of the publication of the notice in the Gazette , undergone an X-ray
examination of his lungs; but the person shall if required in writing to do so
by the Executive Director, Public Health produce the certificate and the
report of the radiologist by whom the examination was carried out to the
Executive Director, Public Health or to a person specified by the Executive
Director, Public Health.
(4) The provisions of
this section are in addition to and not in derogation of those of the
last preceding section.
[Section 293A inserted by No. 25 of 1950
s. 6; amended by No. 28 of 1984 s. 45.]