Public Health Amendment (Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers) Order 2014 (NSW)

New South Wales

Public Health Amendment (Viral

Haemorrhagic Fevers) Order 2014

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 20th day of October 2014.

JILLIAN SKINNER, MP

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to amend the Public Health Act 2010 to add viral haemorraghic fevers to the list of medical conditions in Schedule 1 to that Act:

(a)	that must be notified by medical practitioners to the Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and
(b)	for which the Secretary of the Ministry of Health may direct a person to undergo medical examination, and
(c)	for which an authorised medical practitioner may make a public health order.

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

Public Health Amendment (Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers) Order 2014 [NSW]

Public Health Amendment (Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers) Order

2014

under the

Public Health Act 2010

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Public Health Amendment (Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers) Order
2014.

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 2:

Viral haemorrhagic fevers

(2)	Schedule 1, Category 4
Insert the following in alphabetical order:

Viral haemorrhagic fevers