Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions) Order 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Public Health Amendment (Scheduled

Medical Conditions) Order 2015

under the

Public Health Act 2010

I, the Minister for Health, in pursuance of sections 51 (2) and 81 of the Public Health Act 2010, make the following Order.

Dated, this 12th day of August 2015.

JILLIAN SKINNER, MP

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to amend the Public Health Act 2010 to add acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in a person under the age of 35 years to:

(a)

the list of medical conditions in Schedule 1 to that Act that must be notified by medical practitioners to the Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and

(b)

the list of notifiable diseases in Schedule 2 to that Act:

(i)	that must be notified by health practitioners providing care in hospitals to the chief executive officer of the hospital concerned, and
(ii)	that must be notified by the chief executive officer of a hospital to the Secretary of the Ministry of Health.

This Order is made under sections 51 (2) and 81 of the Public Health Act 2010.

Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions) Order 2015 [NSW]

Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions)

Order 2015

under the

Public Health Act 2010

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions) Order
2015.

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 1:

Acute rheumatic fever

Rheumatic heart disease in a person under the age of 35 years

(2)	Schedule 2 Notifiable diseases
Insert the following in alphabetical order:

Acute rheumatic fever
Rheumatic heart disease in a person under the age of 35 years