Notification about diagnostic imaging procedure
234A Notification about diagnostic imaging procedure
This section applies to the director of a diagnostic imaging practice if—
a diagnostic imaging procedure is carried out on a person at the practice; and
either—
the procedure indicates the person has, or has had, or may have, or may have had, cancer; or
the director reasonably suspects the procedure is a cancer-related follow-up procedure.
The director must, within the period prescribed by regulation, give the chief executive a notification in the approved form about the diagnostic imaging procedure.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
In this section—
cancer-related follow-up procedure means a diagnostic imaging procedure that is—
carried out on a person after the person has been diagnosed with cancer; and
carried out—
to identify the presence or absence of cancer; or
to support or inform the treatment of the cancer.
diagnostic imaging practice means a premises used for carrying out diagnostic imaging procedures.
diagnostic imaging procedure means a procedure for producing an image of an internal part of the human body for a diagnostic purpose.
Examples—
computerised tomography scan, magnetic resonance imaging scan, nuclear scan, positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound scan, X-ray
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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