Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions) Order 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Public Health Amendment (Scheduled

Medical Conditions) Order 2019

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 12 day of February 2019.

BRAD HAZZARD, MP

Minister for Health

Explanatory note

The object of this Order is to add carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales infection and colonisation to the list of Category 3 medical conditions under the Public Health Act 2010, which will require pathology laboratories to notify the Secretary of the Ministry of Health of any positive test results for that condition.

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

Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions) Order 2019 [NSW]

Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions)

Order 2019

under the

Public Health Act 2010

1      Name of Order

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

2019.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 28 February 2019 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Public Health Act 2010 No 127

Schedule 1 Scheduled medical conditions

Insert “Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales infection and colonisation” in alphabetical order in Category 3.