Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (VENEREAL DISEASES) REGULATIONS 1973 - REG 2C

2C .         Notification of non‑infectious syphilis by medical practitioners

        (1)         A medical practitioner or nurse practitioner shall forthwith notify the Executive Director, Public Health in the form and manner approved by the Executive Director on becoming aware that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from syphilis in a non‑infectious stage.

        [(2)         deleted]

        (3)         A medical practitioner or nurse practitioner who contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence and is liable to a penalty which is not more than $1 000 and not less than — 

            (a)         in the case of a first offence, $100;

            (b)         in the case of a second offence, $200; and

            (c)         in the case of a third or subsequent offence, $500.

        [Regulation 2C inserted in Gazette 4 Jun 1982 p. 1792; amended in Gazette 29 Jun 1984 p. 1782; 23 Dec 1988 p. 4974; 5 Sep 2006 p. 3618.]