Public Health Act 1997

This section applies where—

a pathologist has tested a specimen taken from a person for any purpose; and

either—

the pathologist carried out the test in the Territory; or

the person from whom the specimen was taken is resident in the Territory; and

the result of the test indicates that the person has, or may have, a notifiable condition.

Where this section applies, the following people must notify the chief health officer that the person whose specimen was tested has or may have a notifiable condition:

the pathologist;

if the pathologist is employed in a laboratory at a hospital—the person in charge of the laboratory;

if the pathologist carried out the test in the course of the pathologist’s employment other than at a hospital—the pathologist’s employer.

A notification under this section must be in accordance with the applicable code of practice.

A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with subsection (2).

Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 5 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.