Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 (Qld)

Queensland Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 Subordinate Legislation 2015 No. 175 made under the PublicHealthAct2005 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 12B (Contagious condition—Act, s 158, definition contagious condition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 12D (Vaccine preventable condition—Act, s 158, definition vaccine preventable condition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of s 12E (Prescribed period for a contagious condition— Act, s 160) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Amendment of sch 2A (Contagious conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Insertion of new sch 2B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Schedule 2B Vaccine preventable conditions

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 January 2016. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Public Health Regulation 2005. 4 Amendment of s 12B (Contagious condition—Act, s 158, definition contagious condition ) Section 12B, from ‘mentioned’— omit, insert— mentioned in schedule 2A, part 1 are contagious conditions. 5 Amendment of s 12D (Vaccine preventable condition—Act, s 158, definition vaccine preventable condition ) Section 12D, from ‘mentioned’— omit, insert — or other medical conditions mentioned in schedule 2B are vaccine preventable conditions. 6 Amendment of s 12E (Prescribed period for a contagious condition—Act, s 160) (1) Section 12E(1), from ‘part 1’— omit, insert— part 2 identifies the prescribed period for a contagious condition for a child suspected under chapter 5 of the Act of having the condition. Page 2 2015 SL No. 175

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 [s 7] (2) Section 12E(2), ‘part 2’— omit, insert— part 3 (3) Section 12E(2), ‘vaccine preventable’— omit, insert— contagious 7 Amendment of sch 2A (Contagious conditions) (1) Schedule 2A, authorising section, ‘, 12D’— omit. (2) Schedule 2A, before part 1— insert — ‘Part 1A Contagious conditions 2015 SL No. 175 diphtheria enterovirus 71 neurological disease gastroenteritis illness haemophilus influenzae type b (invasive) disease hepatitis A human influenza with pandemic potential measles meningococcal disease (invasive) paratyphoid pertussis poliomyelitis infection rubella tuberculosis typhoid Page 3

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 [s 7] varicella - zoster virus infection (chickenpox) (3) Schedule 2A, parts 1A to 3— renumber as parts 1 to 4. (4) Schedule 2A, part 2 as renumbered, heading— ‘Part 2 omit, insert— Prescribed period for contagious condition for child suspected of having condition (5) Schedule 2A, part 2 as renumbered, column 1, ‘haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive)’— omit, insert— haemophilus influenzae type b (invasive) disease (6) Schedule 2A, part 2 as renumbered, column 1, ‘meningococcal infection (invasive)’— omit, insert— meningococcal disease (invasive) (7) Schedule 2A, part 2 as renumbered, column 1, ‘pertussis (whooping cough)’— omit, insert— pertussis (8) Schedule 2A, part 2 as renumbered, column 1, ‘poliomyelitis’— omit, insert— poliomyelitis infection (9) Schedule 2A, part 3 as renumbered, heading— omit, insert— Page 4 2015 SL No. 175

‘Part 3 Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 [s 8] Prescribed period for contagious condition for child suspected of not being vaccinated (10) Schedule 2A, part 3 as renumbered, column 1 heading, ‘Vaccine preventable’— omit, insert— Contagious (11) Schedule 2A, part 3 as renumbered, column 2 heading, from ‘the’— omit, insert— a contagious condition for a child suspected of not being vaccinated 8 Insertion of new sch 2B After schedule 2A— insert— Schedule 2B Vaccine preventable conditions section 12D 2015 SL No. 175 diphtheria haemophilus influenzae type b (invasive) disease hepatitis B measles meningococcal C mumps Page 5

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2015 [s 8] pertussis poliomyelitis infection pneumococcal disease (invasive) rotavirus infection rubella tetanus varicella - zoster virus infection (chickenpox) ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 10 December 2015. 2 Notified on the Queensland legislation website on 11 December 2015. 3 The administering agency is Queensland Health. © State of Queensland 2015 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Page 6 2015 SL No. 175