Public Health Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1) (ACT)

Public Health Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)

Subordinate Law SL2017-36

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Public Health Act 1997.

Dated 29 November 2017.

Meegan Fitzharris

Minister

Gordon Ramsay

Minister

Public Health Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)

Subordinate Law SL2017-36

made under the

Public Health Act 1997

Contents

Page

1            Name of regulation  1

2            Commencement  1

3            Legislation amended  1

4            Part 3 heading  1

5            Division 3.1 heading  1

6            Section 22, definitions  1

7           Sections 23 and 24  2

8            Section 25 (2)  2

9            Section 26 (1) (a)  2

10          Section 26 (1) (d) (ii)  2

11          Section 26 (2)  2

12          Section 26 (3)  2

13          Section 26 (3) (b)  3

14          Section 26 (3) (c)  3

15          New section 26 (7)  3

16          New section 27 (4)  4

17          Division 3.2  4

18          Dictionary  4

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Public Health Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1).

2. Commencement

   This regulation commences on 1 December 2017.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Legislation amended

   This regulation amends the Public Health Regulation 2000.

4. Part 3 heading

   substitute

Part 3Cervical cytology register

1. Division 3.1 heading

   omit

2. Section 22, definitions

   omit the definitions of

   management committee

   pathology request form

   refusal of consent marker

   registrable information

3. Sections 23 and 24

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4. Section 25 (2)

   omit

5. Section 26 (1) (a)

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   have another smear taken

   substitute

   undertake cervical screening

6. Section 26 (1) (d) (ii)

   omit

   having a cervical smear taken

   substitute

   undertaking cervical screening

7. Section 26 (2)

   omit

8. Section 26 (3)

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   the woman’s next smear

   substitute

   the woman’s next cervical screening

9. Section 26 (3) (b)

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   next smear should be taken

   substitute

   next screening should be undertaken

10. Section 26 (3) (c)

    omit

    had a further smear taken

    substitute

    undertaken further screening

11. New section 26 (7)

    insert

    (7)In this section:

    registrable information means the following information about a woman and her cervical smear or cervical tissue:

    (a)her full name and any previous name;

    (b)her date of birth;

    (c)whether she is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person;

    (d)her postal address;

    (e)the date the smear or tissue was taken;

    (f)the identification code of the laboratory that examined the smear or tissue;

    (g)the identification code of the health practitioner who took the smear or tissue;

    (h)her test results;

    (i)for a smear with abnormal test results—

    (i)the period of time (if any) within which the laboratory that examined the smear has advised the health practitioner who took the smear to take another smear; or

    (ii)the details of other management recommendations (that is, coloscopy plus biopsy).

    screening—see the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 (Cwlth), section 4.

12. New section 27 (4)

    insert

    (4)In this section:

    pathology request form means a pathology request form requesting a pathological (cytology) examination of a cervical smear or a pathological (histology) examination of cervical material.

13. Division 3.2

    omit

14. Dictionary

    omit the definitions of

    management committee

    member

    pathology request form

    refusal of consent marker

    registrable information

Endnotes

1. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 30 November 2017.

2. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see align="center">© Australian Capital Territory 2017