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Part 2Notifiable diseases

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(1)

If a medical practitioner considers that a deceased person was, at the time of his death, an infected person or suspect person, the medical practitioner shall notify a medical officer of that fact by the fastest practicable form of communication.

(2)

A medical officer may give such order as he thinks fit in relation to the disposal of the body of a deceased person who, at the time of his death, was an infected person or suspect person.

(3)

A person in charge of the body of a deceased person who, at the time of his death, was an infected person or suspect person shall comply with an order of a medical officer in relation to the treatment and disposal of that body.

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