Public Health Act 2016

If a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner forms the opinion that a patient of the practitioner has a notifiable infectious disease or notifiable infectious disease‑related condition, the practitioner, as well as complying with the notification requirements under Division 2, must give the patient information about the disease or condition.

The information to be given to the patient under subsection (1) is —

in the case of a notifiable infectious disease, information about —

the patient’s obligations under section 88(2) to (4); and

the patient’s rights under section 88(5); and

preventing the transmission of the disease to any other person;

in the case of a notifiable infectious disease‑related condition, information about the patient’s rights under section 88(5); and

information about the medical practitioner’s or nurse practitioner’s obligation under section 94 to notify the Chief Health Officer about the notifiable infectious disease or notifiable infectious disease‑related condition; and

any information prescribed by the regulations.

The information prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of subsection (2)(d) may vary in respect of different notifiable infectious diseases or notifiable infectious disease‑related conditions.