Public Health Act 2016

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

abortion drug 202MA

activity licence 4(1), 64

acute rheumatic fever 91(1)

Advisory Panel 143

affected person 132

agency 266

applicant 127(1)

appropriate enforcement agency 4(1)

approved form 4(1)

assessment 210

Australian Immunisation Register 141A

authorisation 154(1), 176(1), 181(1), 198(1)

authorised officer 4(1) and (2)

CEO 4(1)

certificate of registration 4(1), 64

certificate requirement 31(1)

Chief Health Officer 4(1)

child 99, 115, 132, 141A, 155, 177, 202G

child care service 4(1)

class A 26(1)

code 305(1)

commencement day 311(1), 323

Commissioner of Police 4(1)

community kindergarten 4(1)

compliance plan 266

compulsory education period 4(1)

confidential information 302(1)

contact person 132

corresponding law 129(1)

corresponding provision 40(1)

corresponding public health law 64

Crown 266

Crown authority 266

current 141A

Department 4(1)

departmental officer 4(1)

designate 23, 299(1)

designated officer 299(1)

designation 23

directing practitioner 202MF(1)

direction 198(1)

disability 115, 155, 177

dispense 202MA

distribute 202O

emergency area 4(1)

emergency management 4(1)

emergency management purposes 177

emergency officer 4(1), 199(1)

emergency power 4(1)

employed in the Department 4(1)

enforcement agency 4(1)

enforcement order 4(1)

engage in conduct 36

enrolment 142A(1)

environmental health officer 4(1)

exempt child 141A

exemption 266

exemption-holder 266

exempt person 67(1), 77(1)

exposed person 132

general public health duty 4(1)

guardian 202G, 202MM(1)

guidelines 299(1)

harm 4(1)

Health Act 307(1)

health profession 4(1)

health professional 174(1)

health service 202MA

health service provider 202MA

hotel 202G

hotel-quarantined person 202G

IDEC declaration 4(1), 202A(1)

IDEC-directed person 160(4), 187(4)

identity card 31(1)

immunisation certificate 141A

immunisation status 141A

impaired person 155, 177

improvement notice 4(1)

incapable person 99, 115

incumbent 311(1)

informant 237(1)

information 205(1)

information sharing agency 299(1)

inquirer 227

inquiry 227

judicial officer 4(1)

licensable activity 64

local public health plan 45(1)

material public health risk 4(1)

medical examination 4(1)

medical practitioner 4(1)

medicine 202MA

midwife 4(1)

Minister 266

needle and syringe programme 4(1)

non-SES organisation 266

notifiable infectious disease 4(1)

notifiable infectious disease-related condition 4(1)

nurse 4(1)

nurse practitioner 4(1)

occupier 210

officer 299(1)

order 92(1), 129(1)

parent 202G

patient 202MI(1), 202MM(2)

perform an abortion 202MA

performs an abortion 202MB(1)

person 202MA

person A 26(1)

personal details 4(1)

person in charge 141A

pharmacist 202MA

poison 197(1)

premises 4(1)

premises at which abortions are provided 202O

prescribe 202MA

prescribed condition of health 4(1)

prescribing practitioner 202MA, 202MD(1)

prescription 202MA

primary clinical supervisor 202MA

primary practitioner 202ME(1)

private hospital service provider 202MA

production requirement 31(1)

protected person 99, 115

public authority 4(1)

public health 4(1)

public health emergency 4(1)

public health emergency management plan 4(1)

public health official 4(1)

public health order 4(1)

public health plan 42

public health risk 4(1)

public health risk activity 4(1)

public health state of emergency 4(1)

public health state of emergency declaration 4(1)

publish 202O

quarantine direction 4(1)

reasonably suspects 239

record 244(1)

recording 202O

refusing practitioner 202MI(1)

registered health practitioner 202MA

registrable activity 64

relative 99, 115, 132, 155, 177

relevant amendments 306A(1)

relevant counselling 99

relevant health profession 202MA

relevant information 188(1), 299(1)

relevant officer 286(1)

relevant person 100(1), 106(3), 124(3), 158(1), 185(1), 202MA

relevant to an offence 244(1)

remote communication 4(1)

requesting person 202MH(2)

required information 132

residual term 311(1)

responsible agency 291

responsible Minister 274(3)

responsible pathologist 93

responsible person 99, 115, 141A, 155, 177

reviewable decisions 163(1), 194(1)

rheumatic heart disease 91(1)

safe access zone 202O

sample 4(1)

school 4(1)

senior next of kin 4(1)

senior police officer 4(1)

serious public health incident power 4(1)

serious public health risk 4(1)

specified 23, 322(1)

specified information 298(1)

State public health plan 43(1)

student 4(1), 202MA

student register 202MA

subsidiary legislation 305(1)

supervising person 202MJ(1)

supply 202MA

test order 4(1)

thing 244(1)

transitional matter 322(1)

unqualified person 202MN(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8)

urgently notifiable infectious disease 4(1)

urgently notifiable infectious disease-related condition 4(1)

vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease 4(1)

vary 64

vehicle 4(1)

vessel 4(1)

welfare services 188(1)

working day 4(1)

World Health Organization 299(1)

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