Infectious Diseases Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Control of Infectious Diseases
9. Post-mortem examination
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where any person has died whilst being, or suspected of being, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease, the Director-General may order a post-mortem examination of the body of that person for the purpose of —
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;
determining the cause or circumstances of the death of that person; or
investigating into any outbreak or suspected outbreak of, or preventing the spread of, that disease.
Infectious Diseases
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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