Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions) Order 2012 (NSW)
2012 No 198
New South Wales
Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions) Order 2012
under the
Public Health Act 2010
I, the Minister for Health, in pursuance of section 51 (2) of the Public Health
Act 2010, make the following Order.
Dated, this 11th day of May 2012.
JILLIAN SKINNER, MP
Minister for Health
Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to amend the list of medical conditions that must be notified by laboratories to the Director-General of the Ministry of Health by adding Hendra virus infection and Rotavirus, reducing the blood lead level for lead poisoning and updating the description of the E. coli infection.
This Order is made under section 51 (2) of the Public Health Act 2010.
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Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical
Conditions) Order 2012
under the
Public Health Act 2010
1 Name of Order
This Order is the Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical
Conditions) Order 2012.
2 Commencement
This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Amendment of Public Health Act 2010 No 127
(1) Schedule 1 Scheduled medical conditions Insert the following in alphabetical order in Category 3:
Hendra virus infection
Rotavirus
Shiga toxin-producing and Vero toxin-producingEscherichia coli infection (STEC/VTEC)
(2) Schedule 1, Category 3 Omit “Lead poisoning (as defined by a blood lead level of or above
15μg/dL)”.Insert instead “Lead poisoning (as defined by a blood lead level of or above 10μg/dL)”. (3) Schedule 1, Category 3 Omit “Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection”.
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