Infectious Diseases Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Control of Infectious Diseases
8. Medical examination and treatment
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director-General may require any person who is, or is suspected to be, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease to submit to medical examination or medical treatment at such times and at such hospital or other place, as the Director-General may determine.
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Health Services;
If any person fails to comply with any requirements under this section —
that person is guilty of an offence; and
the Director-General may order the removal of that person to any hospital or other place where the person may be detained and
(if necessary) isolated until he has been medically examined or treated.
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;
contact
Defined · s 2“contact”, in relation to any infectious disease, means any person who has been exposed to the risk of infection from 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;
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