Amendments of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations (ACT)
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
Regulations 1954. No. 5.
Regulations under the Public Health
Ordinance 1928-1951.*
I E A R L E P A G E , the Minister of State for Health, in pursuance of , the powers conferred by the Public Health Ordinance 1928-1951, hereby make the following Regulations.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of March, 1954.
E A R L E P A G E Minister of State for Health.
A M E N D M E N T S O F T H E P U B L I C H E A L T H ( I N F E C T I O U S
D I S E A S E S ) R E G U L A T I O N S .
1. Regulation 1 of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regula- citation,
tions is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—
" 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Infectious
and Notifiable. Diseases) Regulations.".
2. Regulation 3 of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regula- interpretatio
tions is amended—
(a) by omitting the definition of " Contact " and inserting in its
stead the following definition:—
" ' Contac t ' means a person who, in the opinion of the
Medical Officer of Health—
462.—PRICE 5D. (a ) has been or may have been a source of
infection to a person suffering from an
| * » | infectious disease or a notifiable disease; or |
(b) has been or may have been exposed to infec- tion by reason of proximity to a source of an infectious disease or a notifiable d i sease ;" ;
(b) by omitting the definition of "Infect ious Disease" and
inserting in its stead the following definitions:—
" ' Infectious Disease ' means—
(a) amoebiasis;
(b) ancylostomiasis;
• Notified in tho (lommtmwctilth Gazette on 8th April, 19.r>4. (c) anthrax;
(d) bilharziasis;
(e) cholera;( / ) diarrhoea (infantile) of more than 48 hours'
duration in an infant under the age of
2 years;
(g) diphtheria;
(h) dysentery, bacillary;
(i) leprosy;(;') leptospirosis;
(k) malar ia ; (I) meningococcal infection;
(m) ornithosis;
( n ) paratyphoid; (o) plague;
(>i) poliomyelitis: 4Hk (q) puerperal fever; • ( r ) salmonella infection;
(s) scarlet fever;
(t) smallpox;
(w) trachoma;
(v) typhoid fever;
(w) typhus (louse borne) ; and
(x) yellow fever;" ' Medical Practit ioner ' means a medical practitioner
registered under the Medical Practitioners Regis-
tration Ordinance 1930-1950;" ;
(c) by inserting after the definition of " Minister " the following
definition:—
" ' Notifiable Disease ' means—
(a) acute rheumatism (rheumatic fever) ;
(2>) brucellosis;(e) chorea (St. Vitus ' dance.);
(d) dengue; (e) encephalitis; ( / ) erythema nodosum; (h) homologous serum jaundice;
(g) filariasis; 4 (i) hydatid; (j) infective hepati t is ;
(A;) lead poisoning;
(I) ophthalmia;
(m) pleural effusion;
(n) rubella;
(o) tetanus;
(p) trichinosis;.
(q) typhus (flea borne) ;
(r) typhus (mite borne) ; and
(s) typhus (tick b o r n e ) ; " ; and
(d) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:—
" (2.) The Minister may, by notice published in the
Gazette, declare that a notifiable disease specified in
the notice is an infectious disease for the purposes of these
Regulations and, while the notice is in force, the diseaseso specified shall, for the purposes of these Regulations,
be deemed to be an infectious disease.
" (3.) For the purposes of these Regulations, where the organism presumed to cause an infectious disease or a notifiable disease is found to be present in a person, that person shall be deemed to be suffering from that disease.".
3. Regulations 4 and 5 of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations are repealed and the following regulations inserted in their stead:—
"4 .—(1 . ) A medical practitioner— Notification of
. . !• • ii infections and
(a) who has reason to believe that a person professionally notifiable
attended by him is, or may be, suffering from an infectious
disease or a notifiable disease; or
(b) who, by post mortem examination or otherwise, becomes aware that a deceased person attended professionally by him before death or examined by him after death was, at the time of his death, suffering from an infectious disease or a notifiable disease,
shall, forthwith, furnish to the Medical Officer of Health a notification in accordance with the form in the First Schedule to these Regulations.
" (2.) There is payable to a medical practitioner for each notification furnished under the last preceding sub-regulation a fee of Two shillings and sixpence.
" (3.) Where a medical practitioner has reason to believe that a person professionally attended by him in a house is, or may be, suffering from an infectious disease, he shall give a copy of the notification referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation forthwith to the
occupier of the house. « K -(1.) Where the Medical Officer of Heal th or an authorized powers of medical practitioner has reasonable cause to suspect that a person who examination
the Medical Officer of Heal th or the authorized medical practitioner111 is or was an inmate of a house is suffering from an infectious disease, and may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not that person or any
other person in that house is suffering from an infectious disease—
(a) enter, at all reasonable times, the house, and carry out such
investigations as he considers necessary;
(b) examine every person who is an inmate of the house or is
found in the house at the time of the entry; or
(c) require an inmate of, or a person found in, the house to submit himself to such medical and pathological investi- gation as the Medical Officer of Health or the authorized medical practitioner considers necessary.
" (2.) Where—
(a ) a person is found to he suffering from an infectious disease;
or
(b) a source from which persons may he infected with an
infectious disease is found,
the Medical Officer of Health may, for the purposes of preventing the
spread of the disease, require a person—
(c) who is engaged or employed in the manufacture, manipula-
tion, preparation, handling, storage or sale of food;
(d) who, in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health, has been or may have been a source of infection to the person suffering from the disease; or
(e) who, in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health, has been or may have been exposed to infection by reason of proximity to the source of the disease,
to submit himself to such medical and pathological examination as the
Medical Officer of Health considers necessary for that purpose.
" (3.) Where—
(a) a person is found to be suffering from a notifiable disease; or (b) a source from which persons may be infected with, or
affected by, a notifiable disease is found,
the Medical Officer of Health may, for the purpose of preventing the
spread of the disease—
(a) at all reasonable times enter a house of which that person
' is or was an inmate and carry out such investigations as
he considers necessary;(b) examine every person who is an inmate of the house or is
found in the house at the time of entry; and
(c) require a person who, in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health, may have been a source of infection to the person suffering from the disease, may be a person suffering from the disease by reason of proximity to the source of the disease or may have been exposed to the disease to submit himself to such medical and pathological examina- tion as the Medical Officer of Health considers necessary.
" (4.) For the purposes of an examination or investigation under this regulation, the Medical Officer of Health or an authorized medical practitioner may require a person to answer such questions, or to furnish such information, as the Medical Officer of Health or the authorized
medical practitioner asks or requests to be furnished." (5.) A person, when so required to answer a question or to furnish information, shall not— (a) refuse or fail to answer the question or to furnish the
information; or
(b) make an answer, or furnish information, which is false or
misleading in a particular.
" (6.) For the purposes of an examination or investigation under this regulation, the Medical Officer of Health or an authorized medical practitioner may require a person to submit to the taking of such speci- mens as the Medical Officer of Health or the authorized medical practi- tioner considers necessary for the purpose of the examination or investigation.
" (7.) If a person, when required by the Medical Officer of Health or an authorized medical practitioner so to do, refuses or fails to submit himself to an examination or investigation under this regulation, the Medical Officer of Health may direct that that person remove himself to a place of isolation specified by the Medical Officer of Health.
| P | " (8.) If a person to whom a direction is given under the last preceding sub-regulation fails to comply with the direction, the Medical |
| , | Officer of Health or an authorized officer may remove the person to the |
| . | place of isolation and detain him there for such period as in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health is necessary to ensure that he will not be a source of infection to other persons.". |
| 4. Regulation S of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regula- tions is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:— |
" 8.—(1.) The Medical Officer of Health may give to a contact such contacts.
Akiiivci inn... as he thinks fit, including, in the case of an infectious disease, ^ ^ direction that the contact remove himself to a place of isolation
specified in the direction for such period as the Medical Officer of
Health thinks fit." (2.) If a contact fails to comply with a direction for his removal given under the last preceding sub-regulation, the Medical Officer of Health or an authorized officer may remove the contact to the. place of isolation specified in the direction and detain him there for such period as the Medical Officer of Health thinks fit.".
5. Regulation 15 of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regu- lations is repealed and the following regulations are inserted in its stead :—
" 15. The head teacher of a school who becomes aware or suspects that infectious
a child enrolled at the school, or a member of the staff of the school, is schools,
suffering from an infectious disease and is attending school shall, forth-with, notify the Medical Officer of Health accordingly.
" 15A.—(1 . ) A medical practitioner who has reason to believe that children
a child professionally attended by him in a house is, or may be, suffering from certain from a disease specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to ^attend"01
these Regulations shall, forthwith, give notice to the person in charge of school,
ji the child or to the occupier of the house accordingly.
| ^ ^ | " i-'.i Win-re n notice is given under the lasl preceding sub-regu lation, the person in charge of the child or the occupier of the house shall take all steps as are necessary to ensure that the child does not attend school during the period that commences on the day on which that notice is given and ends on the day specified in the second column of the Second Schedule to these Regulations opposite to the name of the disease from which the child is believed to be suffering. |
| " (3.) Where the Medical Officer of Health or a person authorized by him notifies the person in charge, of a child or the occupier of a house that a child in the house is, or has been, a contact with a disease specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to these Regulations, the person in charge of the contact or the occupier of the house shall take all steps as are necessary to ensure that the contact does not attend school during the period, if any, that commences on the day on which |
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that notice is given and ends on the day specified in the third column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the disease with which the child is a contact.".
Exclusion
from school.
6. Regulation 16 of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regu- lations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words " infected with an infectious disease " and inserting in their stead the words " suffering from a disease ".
7. Regulation 23 of the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regu-
lations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead :—Penalties.
" 23.—A person who contravenes, or fails to comply with, a provision of these Regulations or the terms of a notice, requisition, instruction, direction or order given under these Regulations is guilty of an offence and, on conviction, is liable—
(a ) to a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds; or
(&) where the offence is a continuing offence—to a penalty n o t ^ ^
exceeding Five pounds for every day during which l~h^M
offence continues.".
Fint schedule
8. The First Schedule to the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations is amended by omitting the words—
"Public Health Ordinance 1928-1930.
PUBLIC HEALTH (INFECTIOUS DISEASES) REGULATIONS.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE."
and i n s e r t i n g i n t he i r s tead t h e w o r d s —
"Public Health Ordinance 1928-1951.
P U B L I C H E A L T H ( I N F E C T I O U S AND NoTiFrABi.E D I S E A S E S ) R E G U L A T I O N S . N O T I F I C A T I O N OF I N F E C T I O U S OR N O T I F I A B L E D I S E A S E . " .
Second
Schedule.
9. The Second Schedule to the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its
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S E C O N D S C H E D U L E . Regs . 1 5 A and 16.
E X C L U S I O N FROM S C H O O L .
FIRST COLUMN. SECOND COLUMN. THIRH COLUMN.
End of the Period of Exclusion bind of the Period of Exclusion Suffering from a Disease.
from School of the Child from School of the Contact.
Disease.
Cholera . . The day on which a certificate The day . if any , .specified by the' 4
is furnished by the Medical Medical Officer of Heal th , or a
Officer of Heal th s ta t ing person author ized by him, in
t h a t t he child is not liable the notice under sub-regulation
to t r ansmi t t he disease to (3.) of regulation 15A of these other persons Regulations as the end of t h e period during which, in his opinion, it is necessary to exclude the contac t from school for the purposes of prevent ing the spread of infection
D e n g u e .
The day which is seven days after t h e d a y on which the notice is given under sub- regulation (1.) of regulation
1 5 A of these Regulat ions
FIRST COITJMN. SECOND COLTJJIN. THIRD COLUMN.
End of the Period of Exclusion End of the Period of Exclusion
Disease. from School of the Child
Suffering from a Disease. from School of the Contact.
Diphther ia The day which is six weeks after The d a y -
t h e d a y of onset of t h e fa) where the person suffering
disease or, if, before t h a t from the disease is
first-mentioned day , a certi- t rea ted a t t h e house ficate is furnished by a in which the contac t
medical pract i t ioner stating— resides—
(a) t h a t two consecutive (i) on which the per-
swabbings of the son suffering
nasopharynx , taken a t from the disease an interval of no t less is permi t ted to same house and the person so suffering is removed t o hospital o r
than forty-eight hours , r e tu rn t o school ; reveal only organisms or
which, after tost by a (ii) if t h a t person does pathologist , are found not a t t end school not t o be virulent —which is seven diphther ia bacilli or days after the fail on examinat ion t o disinfection of reveal the presence of the house after
diphtheria baci l l i : the d a y of
and recovery or dea th
(6) t h a t the child is not liable to t ransmi t the
of the person so
suffering ;
disease to other per- (6) where the person suffering sons, from the disease and t h e
the day on which the certi- contact reside a t the ficate is furnished
dies—which is seven days after t h e disin- fection of the house
after t h e d a y of t h e
removal of t h a t person or of his body ; or (<;) where the contact has been in a house in which h e has been exposed to infection by t h e disease —on which the contact is free from sore th roa t
well, being a d a y which or discharge from nose or ears and apparen t ly is seven days after t h a t
exposure
Encephali t is
(virus)
The day on which a certificate is furnished by a medical
The day which is twenty-one days after the day of onset of t h e
pract i t ioner s ta t ing t h a t t h e illness in t h e person suffering
person is no t liable to from the disease t ransmi t the disease t o other
persons
L e p r o s y . .
T h e d a y on which a certificate is furnished by the Medical
The d a y on which a. certificate is furnished
by
the
Medical
Officer of Hea l th s ta t ing tha t Officer of Heal th or a person
the person is no t liable to authorized by him s ta t ing t h a t t ransmi t the disease to other the contact is no t liable to persons t ransmi t the disease t o o the r
persons
FIRST COLUMN. SECOND COLUMN. THIRD COLUMN.
End of the Period of Exclusion End of the Period of Exclusion
Disease. from School of the Child
Suffering from a Disease. from School of the Contact.
Leptospirosis
The day on which a certificate is furnished by a medical pract i t ioner s ta t ing t h a t the child is no t liable t o t r ansmi t the disease to o ther persons
Meningococcal in- The day on which a certificate The d a y which is fourteen days
fection is furnished by a medical after t h e d a y of onset of the
practi t ioner s ta t ing t h a t the illness in the person suffering
child is no t liable t o t r ansmi t from the disease the disease to other persons
Ornithosis The d a y on which a certificate T h e day which is fourteen d a y ^ ^
is furnished by a medical after the day of onset of t i ^ ^ B
pract i t ioner s ta t ing t h a t the illness in the person sufferir^^^^
child is no t liable to t r ansmi t from t h e disease the disease to other persons
Pa ra typho id
The day on which a certificate is furnished by a medical
The day, if any , specified by the Medical Officer of Hea l th or a
practi t ioner s ta t ing— person authorized by him in
(a) t h a t a t least two con- t h e notice under sub-regu-
secutive specimens lation (3.) of regulation 1 5 A of
each of urine and these Regulat ions as the end faeces, t aken at inter- of the period during which, vals of seven days , in his opinion, it is necessary have been examined to exclude the contac t from and found to bo free school for the purposes of
from para typho id prevent ing the spread of baci l l i : and infection (b) t h a t the child is no t liable to t ransmi t the disease to other per- sons
Plague . . The day on which a certificate The day on which the house is
is furnished by the Medical declared by the Medical Officer
Officer of Hea l th s ta t ing of Hea l th t o be free from
tha t the child is no t liable infection and is released from
to t r ansmi t other persons
t h e disease t o quarant ine
Poliomyelitis (acute The day on which a certificate The day which is fourteen day'
anter ior) is furnished by a medical after the d a y of onset of the 4
pract i t ioner s ta t ing t h a t the illness in the person suffering
child is no t liable to t r ansmi t from the disease the disease to other persons
Scarlet fever The day— The d a y —
(a) on which a certificate is furnished by a medical
(17) where the person suffering
from the disease is
pract i t ioner s ta t ing t rea ted a t the house in
t h a t he has examined which the contac t
the child after a resides—
period of ten days (i) on which the per-
after the day of onset son suffering of the disease and t h a t from the disease
the child is no t liable is pe rmi t t ed to to t ransmi t the disease re turn to s choo l ; to o ther persons ; or
FIRST COLUMN. SECOND COLUMN. THIRD COLUMN.
End of the Period of Exclusion End of the Period of Exclusion
Disease. from School of the Child
Suffering from a Disease. from School of the Contact.
Scarlet fever (6) where a medical certi- (ii) if t h a t person does
ficate is no t so fur- not a t t end school nished—on which the —which is seven child is free from all days after the t races of peeling of
disinfection of the skin and of dis-
the house after charge from the eyes, the d a y of nose or ears, being a recovery or dea th day which is six weeks of the person so after the d a y of onset suffering; of the disease (b) where the person suffering from the disease and the contact reside a t t h e same house and the per- son so suffering is
| i | » | removed to hospital or | |
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| days after t h e disin- fection of the house after the day of the removal of t h a t person or of his body ; or |
(c) where the contact has been in a house in which he has been exposed to infection by the disease—on which the contac t is free from sore t h r o a t or discharge from nose or ears and apparent ly well, being a d a y which is seven days
after t h a t exposure
Smallpox The day on which a certificate The d a y -
fa) where the person suffering
is furnished by the Medical
from
the
disease
is
Officer of Heal th s tat ing tha t
t rea ted a t the house in
the child is no t liable to
which
the
contac t
t ransmi t the disease t o other
resides—on
which
a
persons
certificate is furnished
by t h e Medical Officer
of
Hea l th
s ta t ing
t h a t
t h e house has been dis-
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infected t o his satis-
faction and t h a t the
person suffering from the disease and the contac t are no t liable t o t ransmi t the disease t o other persons ;
(b) where the person suffering from the disease and the contac t reside in the same house and the person so suffering is removed to hospital or dies—which is twenty- one days after the disinfection of the house
462.-2
SECOND COLUMN. THIRD COLUMN.
End of the Period of Exclusion
from School of the Child End of the Period of Exclusion Suffering from a Disease. from School of the Contact.
The day on which a certificate after the day of the is furnished by the Medical removal of t h a t person
Officer of Heal th s tat ing t h a t or of his body ; or
the child is no t liable to (e) where the contact has t r ansmi t the disease t o other been in a house in persons which he has been exposed to infection by
the disease—which is twenty-one days after t h e d a y of t h a t exposure The day on which a certificate The day, if any, specified by the is furnished by a medical Medical Officer of Hea l th or a
pract i t ioner stat ing- person authorized by him in (a) t ha t a t least two con- the notice under sub-regulation
secutive specimens (3.) of regulation 1 5 A of these
each of urine and Regulations as the end of the
faeces, t aken at inter- period during which, in his vals of seven days , opinion, it is necessary to have been examined exclude the contact from and found t o be free school for the purposes of
from typhoid bacil l i ; preventing tho spread of and infection
(6) t h a t tho child is no t liable to t ransmi t the
disease to o ther per-sons
The day on which a certificate is furnished by the Medical
The day, if any , specified by the Medical Officer of Heal th or a
Officer of Hea l th s ta t ing t h a t person authorized by him in
t h e child is not liable to the notice under sub-regulation t r ansmi t the disease to other (3.1 of regulation 15A of these persons Regulat ions as the end of the period during which, in his opinion, it is necessary to exclude t h e contac t from school for the purposes of prevent ing t h e spread of infection The day on which a certificate The day , if any , specified by the is furnished by t h e Medical Medical Officer of Hea l th or a
Officer of Hea l th s ta t ing t h a t person authorized by him in
the child is not liable to the notice under sub-regulation
t r ansmi t the disease to other (3.) of regulation 1 5 A of these persons Regulations as the end of the period dur ing which, in his opinion, i t is necessary to exclude the contact from school for the purposes of prevent ing the spread of infection
By A u t h o r i t y : L. F. J O H N S T O N , C o m m o n w e a l t h G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t e r , C a n b e r r a .
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