Infectious Diseases Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Control of Infectious Diseases
6. Notification of infectious diseases
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from an infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease shall notify the Director-General within such time and in such form or manner, as the Director-General may require.
medical practitioner
“medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered or exempted from registration under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act;
Every person in charge of a laboratory used for the diagnosis of disease who becomes aware of the existence of an infectious disease in the course of his work shall notify the Director-General within such time and in such form or manner, as the Director-General may require.
infectious disease
“infectious disease” means — (a) any of the diseases set out in Schedule 1; and (b) for the purposes of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 48, 56 and 76(1)(g), includes any other disease that — (i) is caused or is suspected to be caused by a micro-organism or any agent of disease; (ii) is capable or is suspected to be capable of transmission by any means to human beings; and (iii) the Director-General has reason to believe, if left uninvestigated or unchecked, is likely to result in an epidemic of the disease;
Any person who is aware or who suspects that any other person is suffering or has died from or is a carrier of an infectious disease shall notify the Director-General within such time and in such form or manner, as the Director-General may require.
carrier
“carrier”, in relation to any infectious disease, means any person who is harbouring, or is likely to or is suspected to harbour, the agents of that disease;
Any person who is required to notify the Director-General under this section shall give any other particulars required by the Director-General so far as they can be reasonably ascertained by him or are within his knowledge.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Health Services;
Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section or furnishes as true information which he knows or has reason to believe to be false is guilty of an offence.
When any person who is charged with failing to comply with the requirements of subsection (1), (2) or (3) in relation to the notification of an infectious disease, he shall be presumed to have known of the existence of the disease unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court that he had no such knowledge and could not with reasonable diligence have obtained such knowledge.
Terms defined in s 2
carrier
Defined · s 2“carrier”, in relation to any infectious disease, means any person who is harbouring, or is likely to or is suspected to harbour, the agents of that disease;
Director-General
Defined · s 2“Director-General” means the Director-General of Health Services;
infectious disease
Defined · s 2“infectious disease” means — (a) any of the diseases set out in Schedule 1; and (b) for the purposes of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 48, 56 and 76(1)(g), includes any other disease that — (i) is caused or is suspected to be caused by a micro-organism or any agent of disease; (ii) is capable or is suspected to be capable of transmission by any means to human beings; and (iii) the Director-General has reason to believe, if left uninvestigated or unchecked, is likely to result in an epidemic of the disease;
medical practitioner
Defined · s 2“medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered or exempted from registration under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act;
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