Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 4 Health Act 1937 HEALTH AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new pt 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 3A—PAP SMEAR REGISTER 21C Clinical information—Act, s 100FA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s4 Health Amendment (No. 1) No. 4, 1999 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1999 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Health Regulation 1996 . ˙ Commencement 3. This regulation commences on 8 February 1999. ˙ Insertion of new pt 3A 4. After section 21B— insert — ‘ PART 3A—PAP SMEAR REGISTER ˙ ‘ Clinical information—Act, s 100FA ‘ 21C.(1) For paragraph (b) of the definition “clinical information”, section 100FA 1 of the Act, the following information about a woman is prescribed— (a) whether a Pap smear or histological sample was obtained from the woman; (b) the provider details of the provider who performed the procedure to obtain the Pap smear or histological sample; (c) the number used by the pathology laboratory to identify the provider’s request for the testing of the Pap smear or histological sample; (d) the code used by the pathology laboratory to identify the woman; (e) the accession code for the Pap smear or histological sample; 1 Section 100FA (Definitions for div 11)

s4 3 s4 Health Amendment (No. 1) No. 4, 1999 (f) for a Pap smear test—the recommendation code; (g) the date the final result of the Pap smear test or histology test is given to the provider, whether or not preliminary results have also been given to the provider. ‘ (2) In this section— “accession code” , for a Pap smear or histological sample, means a code used by a pathology laboratory to identify the Pap smear or histological sample. “provider details” , of a provider, means— (a) if the provider is a medical practitioner—the provider’s name, postal address and provider number; or (b) if the provider is not a medical practitioner—the provider’s name and postal address. “provider number” , of a provider, means the number that is allocated by the Health Insurance Commission to the provider under the Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cwlth) and identifies the provider and the places where the provider practices his or her profession. “recommendation code” , for a Pap smear test, means a code used by a pathology laboratory to identify a recommendation made to a provider after testing the Pap smear.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 4 February 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 5 February 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 1999