Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2023 (Vic)

Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2023

S.R. No. 27/2023

table of provisions

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Principal Regulations

5Registered medical practitioners—notifiable conditions and notification details

6Pathology services—notifiable conditions and notification details if result of test indicates person has or may have a notifiable condition

7Pathology services—notifiable conditions and notification details if test relates to a notifiable condition

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Endnotes

statutory rules 2023

S.R. No. 27/2023

Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008

Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2023

The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy, with the advice of the Executive Council, makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 9 May 2023

Responsible Minister:

MARY-ANNE THOMAS
Minister for Health

SAMUAL WALLACE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as a notifiable condition for the purposes of Part 8 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 232 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 June 2023.

4Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2019[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

5Registered medical practitioners—notifiable conditions and notification details

For item 7 in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations substitute—

"7Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection (meningitis, epiglottitis, other invasive infections)".

6Pathology services—notifiable conditions and notification details if result of test indicates person has or may have a notifiable condition

(1)For item 7 in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations substitute—

"7Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection (meningitis, epiglottitis, other invasive infections)".

(2)In Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations, after item 41 insert—

"41ASevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)".

(3)In item 1 in Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations, after item 1.8 insert—

"1.9Contact details of person/parent/guardian (not notified for those conditions marked with *)".

7Pathology services—notifiable conditions and notification details if test relates to a notifiable condition

In Part 1 of Schedule 4A to the Principal Regulations, after item 3 insert—

"4Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)".

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ENDNOTES

[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 135/2019 as amended by S.R. Nos 135/2019, 4/2020, 5/2020, 20/2020, 76/2020, 79/2020, 86/2020, 93/2020, 99/2020, 1/2021, 15/2021, 43/2021, 129/2021, 156/2021, 175/2021, 14/2022, 72/2022, 73/2022 and 88/2022.