Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 (Qld)

Queensland Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 Subordinate Legislation 2008 No. 392 made under the PublicHealthAct2005 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Insertion of new s 12AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 12AA Prescribed agreements—Act, s 84(1)(a)(i)(B) . . . . . . 2 4 Replacement of s 12A (Prescribed facilities—Act, s 149(3)(b)) . . 2 12AB Prescribed health care facilities—Act, s 153(3) . . . . . 2 12AC Prescribed health care facilities—Act, s 154(3) . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 14 (Prescribed agreements—Act, s 226(1)(a)(i)(B)) ................................ 3 6 Amendment of s 17 (Prescribed agreements—Act, s 244(1)(a)(i)(B)) ................................ 4 7 Replacement of sch 1 (Notifiable conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Schedule 1 Notifiable conditions 8 Amendment of sch 2 (Immediate notifications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 Amendment of sch 2A (Contagious conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 Amendment of sch 3 (Agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Public Health Regulation 2005. 3 Insertion of new s 12AA Part 2— insert— ‘12AA Prescribed agreements—Act, s 84(1)(a)(i)(B) ‘Each agreement mentioned in schedule 3, part 1 is prescribed for section 84(1)(a)(i)(B) of the Act.’. 4 Replacement of s 12A (Prescribed facilities—Act, s 149(3)(b)) Section 12A— omit, insert— ‘12AB Prescribed health care facilities—Act, s 153(3) ‘For section 153(3) of the Act, the following health care facilities are prescribed— (a) a health care facility owned by a local government, if the operator of the health care facility— (i) performs an immunisation service at the health care facility; and (ii) has developed and implemented at the health care facility an occupational exposure policy and a sharps disposal policy; (b) a health care facility owned by a doctor, if the doctor holds either— (i) general practice accreditation from Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited ACN 077 Page 2 2008 SL No. 392

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 5] 562 406 or Quality in Practice Pty Ltd ACN 094 965 590; or (ii) the accreditation named ‘GPA Accreditation plus’ from Quality Practice Accreditation Pty Ltd ACN 081 986 932. ‘12AC Prescribed health care facilities—Act, s 154(3) ‘For section 154(3) of the Act, the following health care facilities are prescribed— (a) a health care facility owned and operated by a local government, if the local government— (i) performs an immunisation service at the health care facility; and (ii) has developed and implemented at the health care facility an occupational exposure policy and a sharps disposal policy; (b) a health care facility owned and operated by a doctor, if the doctor holds either— (i) general practice accreditation from Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited ACN 077 562 406 or Quality in Practice Pty Ltd ACN 094 965 590; or (ii) the accreditation named ‘GPA Accreditation plus’ from Quality Practice Accreditation Pty Ltd ACN 081 986 932.’. 5 Amendment of s 14 (Prescribed agreements—Act, s 226(1)(a)(i)(B)) Section 14, ‘part 1’— omit, insert — ‘part 2’. 2008 SL No. 392 Page 3

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 6] 6 Amendment of s 17 (Prescribed agreements—Act, s 244(1)(a)(i)(B)) Section 17, ‘part 2’— omit, insert — ‘part 3’. 7 Replacement of sch 1 (Notifiable conditions) Schedule 1— omit, insert — ‘Schedule 1 Notifiable conditions sections 3 to 8 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Notifiable condition Clinical Pathological Pathology Provisional Controlled diagnosis diagnosis request diagnosis notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable condition condition condition condition condition acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) • • acute flaccid paralysis • acute rheumatic fever • acute viral hepatitis • adverse event following vaccination • anthrax • • Page 4 2008 SL No. 392

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 7] Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Notifiable condition Clinical Pathological Pathology Provisional Controlled diagnosis diagnosis request diagnosis notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable condition condition condition condition condition arbovirus infections— • alphavirus infections, including Barmah Forest, getah, Ross River and sindbis viruses • bunyavirus infections, including gan gan, mapputta, termeil and trubanaman viruses • flavivirus infections, including alfuy, Edge Hill, kokobera, kunjin, Stratford and other unspecified flaviviruses (excluding dengue fever, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and Murray Valley encephalitis) • any other arbovirus infections (excluding dengue fever, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and Murray Valley encephalitis) • • • • avian influenza • • • • botulism (food-borne) • • botulism (intestinal - adult) • • botulism (intestinal - infantile) • • botulism (wound) • brucellosis • campylobacteriosis • chancroid • chikungunya • 2008 SL No. 392 Page 5

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 7] Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Notifiable condition Clinical Pathological Pathology Provisional Controlled diagnosis diagnosis request diagnosis notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable condition condition condition condition condition chlamydia trachomatis infection (anogenital) • chlamydia trachomatis infection (non-anogenital) • chlamydia trachomatis infection (lymphogranuloma venereum) • cholera • • ciguatera intoxication • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease • • • cryptosporidiosis • dengue fever • • diphtheria • • donovanosis • equine morbillivirus (Hendra virus) infection • • food-borne or waterborne illness in 2 or more cases • food-borne or waterborne illness in food handler • gonococcal infection (anogenital) • gonococcal infection (non-anogenital) • haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) • • • haemophilus influenza type b infection (invasive) • • Page 6 2008 SL No. 392

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 7] Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Notifiable condition Clinical Pathological Pathology Provisional Controlled diagnosis diagnosis request diagnosis notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable condition condition condition condition condition Hansen’s disease (leprosy) • hepatitis A • hepatitis B (acute) • hepatitis B (chronic) • hepatitis B (not otherwise specified) • hepatitis C • • hepatitis D • hepatitis E • hepatitis (other) • human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) • • influenza • • invasive group A streptococcal infection • Japanese encephalitis • • lead exposure (notifiable) (blood lead level of 10 µg/dL (0.48 µmol/L) or more) • legionellosis • leptospirosis • listeriosis • lyssavirus (Australian bat lyssavirus) • • lyssavirus (Australian bat lyssavirus), potential exposure • 2008 SL No. 392 Page 7

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 7] Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Notifiable condition Clinical Pathological Pathology Provisional Controlled diagnosis diagnosis request diagnosis notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable condition condition condition condition condition lyssavirus (rabies) • • • lyssavirus (unspecified) • • malaria • measles • • melioidosis • meningococcal infection (invasive) • • mumps • Murray Valley encephalitis • • non tuberculous mycobacterial disease • ornithosis (psittacosis) • paratyphoid • • pertussis • • plague • • • pneumococcal disease (invasive) • poliomyelitis - wild type and vaccine associated • • Q fever • rotavirus infection • rubella, including congenital rubella • salmonellosis • severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) • • • • Page 8 2008 SL No. 392

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 8] Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Notifiable condition Clinical Pathological Pathology Provisional Controlled diagnosis diagnosis request diagnosis notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable notifiable condition condition condition condition condition shiga toxin and vero toxin producing escherichia coli infection SLTEC/VTEC • shigellosis • smallpox • • • • syphilis, including congenital syphilis • • tetanus • • tuberculosis • • tularaemia • • typhoid • • varicella - zoster virus infection (chickenpox, shingles or unspecified) • viral haemorrhagic fevers (Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg viruses) • • • • yellow fever • • • yersiniosis •’. 8 Amendment of sch 2 (Immediate notifications) Schedule 2— insert— ‘haemophilus influenzae type B infection (invasive)’. 9 Amendment of sch 2A (Contagious conditions) Schedule 2A, part 2, entry for measles— 2008 SL No. 392 Page 9

Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 10] ‘measles omit, insert— 1 for an at risk child who 1 for an at risk child who has has had contact with a had contact with a child child diagnosed with diagnosed with measles— measles—the at risk (a) when the at risk child is child’s first contact with vaccinated for measles, the diagnosed child if the child is vaccinated within 72 hours of the child’s first contact with the diagnosed child; or (b) when the at risk child receives normal human immunoglobulin ( NHIG ), if the child receives NHIG within 7 days of the child’s first contact with the diagnosed child; or (c) otherwise—when the outbreak of measles at the school or child care service attended by the at risk child is declared to be over by the chief executive 2 for another at risk child—no prescribed period 2 for another at risk child—no prescribed period’. 10 Amendment of sch 3 (Agreements) (1) Schedule 3, heading ‘sections 14 and 17’— omit, insert — ‘sections 12AA, 14 and 17’. (2) Schedule 3, parts 1 and 2— renumber as schedule 3, parts 2 and 3. (3) Schedule 3— insert— Page 10 2008 SL No. 392

‘Part 1 Public Health Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2008 [s 11] Confidentiality of information relating to notifiable conditions The agreement dated 5 May 2008 called, ‘Confidentiality agreement between State of Queensland acting through Queensland Health and the University of Melbourne’.’. 11 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) Schedule 4— insert— ‘ occupational exposure policy means a document stating the minimum procedures for the immediate assessment, management and follow up of a person exposed to blood borne viruses or other infectious agents from blood or another bodily fluid from a work related activity. sharps means objects or devices capable of inflicting a penetrating injury. sharps disposal policy means a document stating the minimum procedures for disposing of sharps to minimise— (a) the risk of injury to a person; and (b) the transmission of blood borne viruses and other infectious agents to a person. University of Melbourne means the university established under the Melbourne University Act 1958(Vic), section 4.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 4 December 2008. 2 Notified in the gazette on 5 December 2008. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 2008 2008 SL No. 392 Page 11