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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1
1. Objectives 1
2. Authorising provisions 2
3. Revocations 2
4. Definitions 2
PART 2—PRESCRIBED AND NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES 4
5. Infectious diseases 4
6. Notifiable diseases 4
PART 3—GENERAL CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 5
Division 1—Notifications 5
7. Notification by pathology services 5
8. Notification by medical practitioners 6
9. Notification of micro-organisms in food and water supplies 6
10. Notice to medical officers of health or environmental health
officers 8
Division 2—Directions 8
11. Directions to medical officers of health or environmental health
officers 8
12. Directions by medical officers of health or environmental health
officers 8
Division 3—Prevention of Infection through Schools and Children's
Services Centres 9
13. Provision of information 9
14. Exclusion 9
Division 4—Powers of Secretary 10
15. Outbreak of infectious disease 10
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PART 4—SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HIV,
HEPATITIS C, TYPHOID FEVER AND ARBOVIRUS
INFECTIONS 13
Division 1—Human Immunodeficiency Virus 13
16. Counsellors 13
17. Records 13
Division 2—Transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C through donations 14
18. Blood donations 14
19. Tissue and semen donations 14
Division 3—Typhoid Fever 15
20. Prohibition on food handling by typhoid carriers 15
Division 4—Arbovirus Infections 15
21. Prevention of mosquito breeding 15
PART 5—PROVISIONS RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND
PREMISES REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 366C OF THE ACT 16
Division 1—Definitions 16
22. Definitions 16
Division 2—Cleanliness 16
23. Cleanliness of premises 16
24. Cleanliness of equipment 16
25. Personal hygiene 17
PART 6—BROTHELS 19
Division 1—Interpretation 19
26. Definition 19
Division 2—Safe Sexual Practices 19
27. Provision and storage of condoms 19
28. Use of condoms 19
29. Refusal of service 20
Division 3—Medical Examination 20
30. Evidence of medical examination 20
Division 4—Provision of Information in Brothels 20
31. Information to prostitutes and clients 21
Division 5—Cleanliness 21
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32. Clean linen and towels 21
33. Showers and baths 21
Division 6—Inspections and Interviews 22
34. Inspections 22
35. Interviews 22
PART 7—PUBLIC SPA POOLS AND PUBLIC SWIMMING
POOLS 23
Division 1—Interpretation and Exclusions 23
36. Interpretation 23
37. Exclusions 24
38. Pool deemed to be open for use 24
Division 2—Maintenance 24
39. Maintenance 24
Division 3—Physical Parameters 24
40. Clarity of pool water 24
41. Filtration of pool water 25
42. Temperature of pool water 25
Division 4—Chemical Parameters 25
43. Disinfection of pool water 25
44. pH of pool water 26
45. Total alkalinity of pool water 27
46. Combined chlorine in pool water 27
47. Use of ozone 27
48. Chemical shock treatment of pool water 27
49. Supplementary treatments of pool water 28
Division 5—Testing of Pool Water 28
50. Microbiological quality 28
51. Chemical testing 29
Division 6—Maintenance of Records 31
52. Records 31
PART 8—RATS AND MICE ON PREMISES 32
53. Control of rats and mice 32
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SCHEDULES 33
SCHEDULE 1—Revoked Regulations 33
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SCHEDULE 2—Infectious Diseases 34
SCHEDULE 3—Notifiable Diseases 40
SCHEDULE 4—Forms of Notification by Medical Practitioners 42
SCHEDULE 5—Micro-Organisms—Isolated or Detected in Food or
Water Supplies 50
SCHEDULE 6—Minimum Period of Exclusion from Schools and
Children's Services Centres for Infectious Diseases
Cases and Contacts 51
SCHEDULE 7—Blood Donation Statement 56
SCHEDULE 8—Tissue or Semen Donation Statement 59
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ENDNOTES 62
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STATUTORY RULES 2001
S.R. No. 41/2001
Health Act 1958
Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2001
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 15 May 2001
Responsible Minister:
JOHN THWAITES
Minister for Health
HELEN DOYE
Clerk of the Executive Council
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1. Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are to prevent
the spread of infectious diseases or conditions and
in particular to—
(a) prescribe infectious diseases or conditions
for the purposes of the Health Act 1958;
(b) provide for the notification of certain
infectious diseases;
(c) provide for the general control of infectious
diseases;
(d) make special provision for the control of
HIV, Hepatitis C, Typhoid Fever and
Arbovirus Infections;
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(e) prescribe requirements as to the cleanliness
of premises registered under section 366C of
the Act and the general safeguarding of the
health of persons likely to be using those
premises;
(f) prevent or contain the spread of infectious
diseases or conditions, particularly sexually
transmitted diseases, in brothels;
(g) set cleanliness standards for public spa pools
and swimming pools and generally
safeguarding the health of people likely to be
using those pools;
(h) make provision for the destruction of or
control of rats and mice on premises;
(i) provide for any other matters authorised by
the Act.
2. Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 146,
390 and 391 of the Health Act 1958.
3. Revocations
The Regulations listed in Schedule 1 are revoked.
4. Definitions
In these Regulations—
"children's services centre" means any premises
or place where a children's service within the
meaning of the Children's Services Act
1996 operates;
"notifiable disease" means an infective condition
or disease listed in Group A, B, C or D of
Schedule 3;
"pathology service" has the same meaning as in
the Pathology Services Accreditation Act
1984;
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"the Act" means the Health Act 1958.
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PART 2—PRESCRIBED AND NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
5. Infectious diseases
For the purposes of the definition of "infectious
disease" in section 3(1) of the Act, the diseases or
conditions listed in Schedule 2 are prescribed as
infectious diseases.
6. Notifiable diseases
The infective conditions or diseases listed in
Groups A, B, C and D in Schedule 3 must be
notified to the Secretary in accordance with these
Regulations.
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PART 3—GENERAL CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Division 1—Notifications
7. Notification by pathology services
(1) The person in charge of a pathology service,
where a test has been performed on a specimen
which indicates the probable presence of a human
pathogenic organism associated with a notifiable
disease, must notify the Secretary of the detection
of the presence of that organism in the manner and
within the time specified in sub-regulations (2),
(3) and (4).
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) If the organism is associated with a notifiable
disease listed in Group A in Schedule 3, the
Secretary must be notified of the detection of the
presence of that organism immediately by
telephone followed by the written notification
required by sub-regulation (3).
(3) The Secretary must be given written notification
of the detection of the presence of an organism
associated with a notifiable disease within 5 days
after the detection of the presence of the organism.
(4) The written notification must contain the
following details—
(a) if the notifiable disease is in Group A or
Group B of Schedule 3, the family name and
given name of the person from whom the
specimen was taken;
(b) if the notifiable disease is in Group C or
Group D of Schedule 3, the patient code,
being the first two letters of the family name
and the first two letters of the given name;
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(c) the sex of that person;
(d) the date of birth of that person;
(e) if the notifiable disease is in Group A or
Group B of Schedule 3, the address of that
person;
(f) if the notifiable disease is in Group C or
Group D of Schedule 3, the residential post
code number of that person;
(g) the laboratory finding;
(h) the date the specimen was taken;
(i) the name, address and telephone number of
the medical practitioner who requested the
test.
8. Notification by medical practitioners
A medical practitioner who becomes aware that a
person the practitioner is attending—
(a) shows evidence of; or
(b) has died with; or
(c) is a carrier of—
a notifiable disease must notify the Secretary of
the infection in the form and within the time
specified in Schedule 4 in respect of that disease.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
9. Notification of micro-organisms in food and water
supplies
(1) The person in charge of a laboratory situated
within Victoria, where a micro-organism listed in
Schedule 5 is—
(a) isolated or detected at that laboratory; or
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(b) isolated or detected on behalf of that person
at another laboratory situated outside
Victoria—
must notify the Secretary of that isolation or
detection in the manner and within the time
specified in that Schedule in respect of that micro-
organism.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) If the proprietor of a food premises, food vehicle
or food vending machine in Victoria, is informed
at any time by a laboratory situated outside
Victoria that a sample of food handled by that
proprietor—
(a) had been tested by that laboratory; and
(b) the test conducted by that laboratory had
isolated or detected a micro-organism in that
food sample; and
(c) the micro-organism isolated or detected in
that food sample by the laboratory is one of
the micro-organisms listed in Schedule 5—
the proprietor must notify the Secretary of that
isolation or detection in the manner and within the
time specified in Schedule 5 in respect of that
micro-organism.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) In sub-regulation (2), "food premises", "food
vehicle", "food vending machine" and
"handled" have the same meaning as in section 4
of the Food Act 1984.
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10. Notice to medical officers of health or environmental
health officers
The Secretary may notify the medical officer of
health or the environmental health officer of a
council of a municipal district that may be
affected by a notifiable disease referred to in a
notice received by the Secretary under regulation
7 or 8.
Division 2—Directions
11. Directions to medical officers of health or
environmental health officers
(1) The Secretary may give any written direction to a
medical officer of health or an environmental
health officer that may be reasonably necessary
for the purpose of limiting the spread of any case
of infectious disease notified to that officer under
regulation 10.
(2) A medical officer of health or an environmental
health officer to whom a written direction is given
under sub-regulation (1) must comply with the
direction.
12. Directions by medical officers of health or
environmental health officers
(1) A medical officer of health or an environmental
health officer may give written directions to such
persons as may be reasonably necessary for the
purpose of implementing the directions given by
the Secretary under regulation 11.
(2) A person to whom a written direction is given
under sub-regulation (1) must comply with the
direction within the time specified in the direction.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
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Division 3—Prevention of Infection through Schools and
Children's Services Centres
13. Provision of information
(1) The parent or guardian of a child attending a
school or children's services centre must inform
the principal teacher or person in charge of the
school or centre as soon as practicable if—
(a) the child is infected with an infectious
disease listed in Schedule 6; or
(b) the child has been in contact with a person
who is infected with an infectious disease
listed in Schedule 6.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
(2) If the principal teacher or person in charge of a
school or children's services centre believes, on
reasonable grounds, that a child enrolled at the
school or centre—
(a) is suffering from an infectious disease
referred to in regulation 5 of the Health
(Immunisation) Regulations 19991 ; or
(b) has not been immunised against such a
disease and has been in contact with a person
at the school or centre who is infected with
such a disease—
he or she must, within 24 hours of reaching that
belief, inform—
(c) the parent or guardian of the child; and
(d) the Secretary.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
14. Exclusion
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(1) A principal teacher or person in charge of a school
or children's services centre must not allow a child
to attend the school or centre for the period or in
the circumstances—
(a) specified in column 2 of Schedule 6 if the
teacher or person in charge has been
informed that the child is infected with an
infectious disease listed in column 1 of that
Schedule; or
(b) specified in column 3 of Schedule 6 if the
teacher or person in charge has been
informed that the child has been in contact
with a person who is infected with an
infectious disease listed in column 1 of that
Schedule.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) The principal teacher or person in charge of a
school or children's services centre, when directed
to do so by the Secretary, must ensure that a child
enrolled at the school or centre who is not
immunised against a vaccine preventable disease
specified by the Secretary in that direction, does
not attend the school or centre until the Secretary
directs that such attendance can be resumed.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Division 4—Powers of Secretary
15. Outbreak of infectious disease
(1) If the Secretary believes that an outbreak of
infectious disease may occur or has occurred, the
Secretary may do all or any of the following—
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(a) without a warrant to do so, for the purpose of
investigating the outbreak enter any premises
and search for and seize goods;
(b) in writing, direct any person who has been or
who may have been in contact with a person
who is infected with or is a carrier of the
disease to give such information about the
contact to the Secretary as the Secretary
considers necessary to trace the source or
prevent the spread of the infectious disease;
(c) in the case of premises where the disease
may be spread which are premises on which
a business is conducted, or to which the
public has access—
(i) inspect the premises; and
(ii) in writing, direct the proprietor of the
business or the person in charge of the
premises to—
(A) clean and disinfect the premises;
and
(B) dispose of or destroy any infected
article on the premises; and
(C) take any other action necessary to
prevent or limit the spread of the
disease on or from the premises;
(d) in writing, direct the proprietor or person in
charge of a school or children's services
centre to close the school or centre;
(e) in writing, give reasonable directions to a
person to take any action that the Secretary
considers necessary to prevent or limit the
spread of the infectious disease.
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(2) A person to whom a written direction is given
under sub-regulation (1) must comply with the
direction.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
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PART 4—SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HIV,
HEPATITIS C, TYPHOID FEVER AND ARBOVIRUS
INFECTIONS
Division 1—Human Immunodeficiency Virus
16. Counsellors
For the purposes of section 127 of the Act, a
person of a prescribed class is—
(a) a person who at the commencement of these
Regulations has had experience for at least
2 years in counselling in relation to the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus antibody
test; or
(b) a person who has successfully completed a
course approved by the Secretary in pre-test
and post-test counselling in relation to the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus antibody
test.
17. Records
(1) For the purposes of section 130(1) of the Act, the
prescribed period is 20 years.
(2) For the purposes of section 130(2) of the Act—
(a) the prescribed places are—
(i) the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit,
Department of Microbiology,
University of Melbourne;
(ii) the Royal Melbourne Hospital;
(iii) the Victorian Infectious Diseases
Reference Laboratory;
(iv) the Victorian Institute of Forensic
Medicine;
(v) the Alfred Hospital;
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(vi) any other laboratory nominated by the
Secretary by notice published in the
Government Gazette;
(b) the prescribed period is 3 months;
(c) the prescribed categories are—
(i) homosexual male contact;
(ii) coagulation factor recipient;
(iii) injecting drug user;
(iv) transfusion recipient;
(v) heterosexual contact;
(vi) occupational contact;
(vii) screening recipient.
(3) For the purposes of section 130(8) of the Act, the
following are prescribed persons, organisations or
bodies engaged in research—
(a) the Director for the time being of the
National Centre for Epidemiology and
Clinical Research;
(b) the Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical
Research Limited.
Division 2—Transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C through
donations
18. Blood donations
For the purposes of the Table to section 132 of the
Act, the prescribed form is Schedule 7.
19. Tissue and semen donations
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For the purposes of the Table to section 133 of the
Act—
(a) the prescribed form is Schedule 8;
(b) the prescribed period is 6 months;
(c) the prescribed quarantine period is 6 months.
Division 3—Typhoid Fever
20. Prohibition on food handling by typhoid carriers
A person who continues to excrete Salmonella
typhi organisms in their excretions or discharges
90 days or longer after cessation of a course of
antibiotics or other treatment although presenting
no signs or symptoms of Typhoid fever must not
engage in the preparation, manufacture or
handling of food for consumption by others.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Division 4—Arbovirus Infections
21. Prevention of mosquito breeding
(1) In order to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes
which may be vectors of arboviruses, an
authorised officer of the Department or of a
council may give written directions to the owner
or occupier or person in charge of any premises to
remove, or take steps to avoid, any condition on
those premises conducive to the breeding of
mosquitoes.
(2) A person to whom a direction is given under sub-
regulation (1) must comply with the direction.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
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PART 5—PROVISIONS RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND
PREMISES REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 366C OF
THE ACT
Division 1—Definitions
22. Definitions
In this Part—
"article" means any appliance, instrument,
container, applicator, cosmetic, dye, dressing
or thing used in connection with a business;
"business" means a business referred to in
section 366C(1) of the Act;
"premises" means any premises upon which a
business is conducted.
Division 2—Cleanliness
23. Cleanliness of premises
(1) The proprietor of a business or the person in
charge of premises must ensure that the premises
are kept in a clean and hygienic state.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply to premises if
the proprietor conducts a business which is
prescribed as an exempt business by regulation 5
of the Health (Exempt Businesses) Regulations
2000 2 .
24. Cleanliness of equipment
(1) The proprietor of a business or the person in
charge of premises must ensure that—
(a) an article intended to be used for penetrating
the skin of a person is sterile at the time of
use; and
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(b) an article which has penetrated the skin of a
person or is contaminated with blood is—
(i) destroyed or disposed of immediately
in such a manner as to prevent the
infection of any other person; or
(ii) sterilized in accordance with sub-
regulation (2) before it is used on any
other person; and
(c) any other article is clean before it is used on
a person.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) An article is sterilized for the purposes of sub-
regulation (1)(b)(ii) if the article has been—
(a) thoroughly cleaned and rinsed, then
sterilized by the use of steam under
pressure—
(i) at 121°C for 15 minutes at a pressure of
103 kilopascals; or
(ii) at 126°C for 10 minutes at a pressure of
138 kilopascals; or
(iii) at 132°C for 4 minutes at a pressure of
186 kilopascals; or
(iv) at 134°C for 3 minutes at a pressure of
206 kilopascals; or
(b) thoroughly cleaned and rinsed, then
sterilized by the use of dry heat at 160°C for
a minimum of 120 minutes; or
(c) taken from a sealed container which bears a
label stating that the contents are sterile.
25. Personal hygiene
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The proprietor of a business or the person in
charge of premises must ensure that each person
in the business who is engaged in carrying out any
hairdressing or beauty or similar process on any
other person or any tattooing, ear piercing,
acupuncture or other process involving the
penetration of the skin of any other person—
(a) is clean; and
(b) has no exposed cuts, abrasions or wounds—
before carrying out the process.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
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PART 6—BROTHELS
Division 1—Interpretation
26. Definition
In this Part—
"proprietor" means the proprietor of the
business of operating a brothel or the person
in charge of a brothel.
Division 2—Safe Sexual Practices
27. Provision and storage of condoms
(1) A proprietor must provide, in the brothel, a free
supply of—
(a) condoms; and
(b) water based lubricant—
which is readily accessible by prostitutes and
clients.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A proprietor must—
(a) store unused condoms in conditions which
will not lead to a deterioration of their
quality; and
(b) dispose of unused condoms at their expiry
date.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) A proprietor must take reasonable steps to ensure
that used condoms are kept in sealed containers
prior to their removal from the brothel.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
28. Use of condoms
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(1) A proprietor must take reasonable steps to ensure
that a client and a prostitute use condoms in any
encounter in a brothel between a client and a
prostitute which involves vaginal, oral or anal
penetration whether by means of a penis or other
part of the body or by a device or object.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A proprietor must not expressly or impliedly
discourage the use of condoms in the brothel.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
29. Refusal of service
A proprietor must not require a prostitute to
provide a service to a client if the prostitute has
refused to provide the service because—
(a) the prostitute suspects that the client is
infected with an infectious disease; or
(b) the client has refused to use a condom.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
Division 3—Medical Examination
30. Evidence of medical examination
A proprietor must take reasonable steps to ensure
that written or oral evidence of the prostitute's
attendance at a medical examination or the results
of that examination is not displayed or used to
induce a client to believe that a prostitute is free
from infection with an infectious disease.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Division 4—Provision of Information in Brothels
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31. Information to prostitutes and clients
(1) A proprietor must provide easily accessible
written information about the transmission of
sexually transmitted infections in a variety of
languages at the brothel for the benefit of
prostitutes and clients.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A proprietor must take reasonable steps to ensure
that any information about sexually transmitted
infections provided at the brothel for the benefit of
prostitutes or clients is medically accurate.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) If a prostitute has difficulty in communicating in
the English language, the proprietor must provide
the information in a language with which the
prostitute is familiar.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Division 5—Cleanliness
32. Clean linen and towels
A proprietor must provide—
(a) clean linen; and
(b) clean towels—
for the use of each client.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
33. Showers and baths
(1) A proprietor must provide baths or showers with a
continuous and adequate supply of hot and cold
water for the use of clients and prostitutes.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
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(2) The proprietor must ensure that baths and showers
are cleaned and disinfected after each use.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Division 6—Inspections and Interviews
34. Inspections
The Secretary must ensure that an officer of the
Department authorised by the Secretary inspects
each brothel at least once in every 12 months.
35. Interviews
At the request of an officer of the Department
authorised by the Secretary, a proprietor must
allow the officer to interview prostitutes on the
brothel premises without the proprietor being
present.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
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PART 7—PUBLIC SPA POOLS AND PUBLIC SWIMMING
POOLS
Division 1—Interpretation and Exclusions
36. Interpretation
(1) In this Part—
"proprietor" means the person who owns,
manages or controls the spa pool or
swimming pool;
"spa pool" means an artificially constructed pool
to which the public has access—
(a) with facilities for circulating heated
turbulent water above 32°C; and
(b) used or intended for use for passive
recreational or therapeutic bathing;
"swimming pool" means an artificially
constructed pool, other than a spa pool, to
which the public has access—
(a) which is used or intended to be used for
swimming, diving, recreational or
therapeutic bathing, exercise, paddling
or wading; or
(b) which is used or intended to be used as
a receiving pool of a water slide.
(2) A reference to an amount expressed as a specified
number of milligrams per litre is deemed to be
equal in amount to the same number of parts per
million.
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37. Exclusions
In this Part, a spa pool or swimming pool does not
include—
(a) a whirlpool bath or spa bath that is, or is
intended to be, emptied of water after each
individual use; or
(b) a dam, natural watercourse or ocean pool
that is used for swimming; or
(c) a spring water pool that has a turnover rate
of at least 25% of the entire volume of the
water in the pool to waste each hour.
38. Pool deemed to be open for use
For the purposes of this Part, a spa pool or
swimming pool is deemed to be open for use—
(a) if any door or gate provided for public access
to the pool enclosure is open or unlocked;
and
(b) if there are no conspicuous signs advising
the public that the pool is closed.
Division 2—Maintenance
39. Maintenance
The proprietor must ensure that any spa pool or
swimming pool that the proprietor owns, manages
or controls is maintained and tested in the manner
set out in this Part.
Division 3—Physical Parameters
40. Clarity of pool water
The proprietor must ensure that when a spa pool
or swimming pool is open for use the water in the
pool is maintained in a clear condition such that
the floor of the pool or any lane markings or
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object placed on the floor of the pool are clearly
visible when viewed from either side of the pool.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
41. Filtration of pool water
The proprietor must ensure that when a spa pool
or swimming pool is open for use the water in the
pool is effectively filtered so that all visible
extraneous matter is removed from the water.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
42. Temperature of pool water
The proprietor must ensure that when a spa pool
or swimming pool is open for use the water in the
pool does not exceed 40°C.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
Division 4—Chemical Parameters
43. Disinfection of pool water
(1) In this regulation "chlorine equivalent" means
the measurement of bromine as chlorine and, for
this purpose, 2 milligrams per litre of bromine is
regarded as approximately equal to 1 milligram
per litre of chlorine.
(2) The proprietor must ensure that when a spa pool
or swimming pool is open for use the water in the
pool is disinfected by means of a chlorine or
bromine based disinfectant in accordance with the
parameters specified in rows 1 and 2 of Table 43.1
or Table 43.2.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
TABLE 43.1
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CHLORINATED POOLS
Chlorine
Residual Spa Pools Swimming Pools
Cyanuric
acid not
present
Cyanuric
acid
present
Cyanuric
acid not
present
Cyanuric
acid
present
1. Free
Chlorine
Minimum
2 mg/L 3 mg/L 1 mg/L 2 mg/L
2. Free
Chlorine
Maximum
8 mg/L 8 mg/L 8 mg/L 8 mg/L
TABLE 43.2
BROMINATED POOLS
Bromine
Residual Spa Pools Swimming Pools
1. Free
Bromine
Minimum
4 mg/L or
2 mg/L
measured as
chlorine
equivalent
2 mg/L or 1 mg/L
measured as
chlorine equivalent
2. Total
Bromine
Maximum
8 mg/L or
4 mg/L
measured as
chlorine
equivalent
8 mg/L or 4 mg/L
measured as
chlorine equivalent
(3) The proprietor must ensure that when a
chlorinated spa pool or swimming pool is open for
use the level of any cyanuric acid in the water
does not exceed 100 mg/L.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
44. pH of pool water
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The proprietor must ensure that when a spa pool
or swimming pool is open for use the pH of the
water in the pool is maintained between 7.2 and
8.0.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
45. Total alkalinity of pool water
The proprietor must ensure that when a spa pool
or swimming pool is open for use the total
alkalinity of the water in the pool is maintained
above 60 mg/L.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
46. Combined chlorine in pool water
The proprietor must ensure that when a spa pool
or swimming pool is open for use the combined
chlorine of the water in the pool is—
(a) at all times less than the free chlorine
residual; and
(b) measured to be less than 1 mg/L at least once
in every 24 hours of operation.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
47. Use of ozone
If ozone is introduced in the treatment of the
water of a spa pool or swimming pool, the
proprietor must ensure that the ozone is
effectively removed prior to the water being
returned to the pool.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
48. Chemical shock treatment of pool water
(1) In the case of localised chemical shock treatment
for faecal contamination of an area of a spa pool
or swimming pool, the proprietor must ensure that
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any person using the pool is first evacuated from
the area to be treated.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Except in the case of localised chemical shock
treatment referred to in sub-regulation (1), the
proprietor must ensure that any chemical shock
treatment of the water in a spa pool or swimming
pool is conducted only when the pool is closed.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
49. Supplementary treatments of pool water
The proprietor must ensure that any
supplementary treatment of the water in a spa pool
or swimming pool is safe and compatible with the
requirements of this Part.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Division 5—Testing of Pool Water
50. Microbiological quality
(1) The proprietor must take reasonable steps to
ensure that when a spa pool or swimming pool is
open for use the microbiological standard of the
water in the pool is maintained within the
following parameters—
(a) the total bacterial count is less than
100 colony forming units per millilitre; and
(b) coliform bacteria is not detected in
100 millilitres; and
(c) Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not detected in
100 millilitres.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Within 24 hours of receiving a report that any
sample of water taken from a pool and delivered
to a laboratory for testing has not complied with
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sub-regulation (1), the proprietor must ensure that
the following steps are taken—
(a) the water in the pool must be shock dosed
with chlorine or bromine; and
(b) the water treatment program and
maintenance program of the pool must be
reviewed; and
(c) any faults must be corrected and any changes
necessary to prevent a re-occurrence of those
faults must be implemented; and
(d) a further sample of the water in the pool
must be taken and delivered to a laboratory
for testing for compliance with the
microbiological parameters specified in sub-
regulation (1).
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) If, after following the procedure in sub-regulation
(2), the microbiological standard of the water in
the pool fails to meet the microbiological
parameters specified in sub-regulation (1), the
proprietor must ensure that—
(a) the steps in sub-regulation (2) are repeated
until 2 consecutive water samples taken
approximately one week apart comply with
the microbiological parameters specified in
sub-regulation (1); or
(b) the pool is closed until the problem has been
remedied.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
51. Chemical testing
(1) The proprietor must ensure that when a spa pool
or swimming pool is open for use the water in the
pool is tested or otherwise monitored for the
parameters specified in column 1 of Table 51 at
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not less than the frequencies specified opposite
each parameter in columns 2 and 3 of that table as
applicable to the type of pool.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
TABLE 51
1. Parameters
2. Swimming
pools 3. Spa pools
Free chlorine or
free bromine
4 hours 4 hours
PH 4 hours 4 hours
Combined
chlorine or total
bromine
daily daily
Total alkalinity weekly daily
Cyanuric acid (if
used)
monthly weekly
(2) Despite sub-regulation (1), if autoanalysers are
installed to measure and control dosing of the
disinfectant and pH of the water in a spa pool or
swimming pool, the proprietor must ensure that
the autoanalysers are calibrated daily and readings
recorded at the minimum frequencies specified in
Table 51 instead of conducting manual tests.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) If the autoanalysers referred to in sub-regulation
(2) do not have a readout capacity, the proprietor
must ensure that manual tests of the water in a spa
pool or swimming pool are carried out in
accordance with sub-regulation (1).
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) The proprietor must ensure that testing of the
water in a spa pool or swimming pool is
undertaken for free chlorine or free bromine
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(whichever is used) and pH within 30 minutes
before each opening of the pool.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Division 6—Maintenance of Records
52. Records
(1) The proprietor must ensure that—
(a) a log book is kept in respect of each spa pool
or swimming pool that records details of—
(i) all results of tests and monitoring
required under regulations 50 and 51;
and
(ii) all corrective activities undertaken in
relation to the pool water; and
(b) the log book is kept up to date and on the
premises where the pool is located.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) The proprietor must produce the log book and any
other maintenance and testing records kept by the
proprietor for inspection on the request of an
authorised officer.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
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PART 8—RATS AND MICE ON PREMISES
53. Control of rats and mice
(1) In order to prevent the spread of infectious
diseases, an authorised officer may give
reasonable written directions to the owner or
occupier or person in charge of any premises—
(a) to destroy any rats or mice on those
premises; or
(b) to take steps to remove or rectify any
conditions on those premises which are
conducive to the breeding of rats and mice.
(2) A person to whom a direction is given under sub-
regulation (1) must comply with the direction.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply to—
(a) rats or mice bred or kept exclusively for
research, scientific or educational purposes;
or
(b) rats or mice bred or kept exclusively as
domestic pets.
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 3
REVOKED REGULATIONS
S.R. No. Title
315/1991 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Counsellors) Regulations 1991
233/1992 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Rats and Mice) Regulations
1992
161/1993 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Notification of AIDS)
Regulations 1993
232/1993 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Donation Statements)
Regulations 1993
142/1994 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Donation Statements)
Regulations 1994
93/1996 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Notification of HIV)
Regulations 1996
57/1998 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Children's Services Centres)
Regulations 1998
133/1998 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Notification) Regulations 1998
108/1999 Health (Infectious Diseases) (Donation Statement)
Regulations 1999
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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 5
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diseases or conditions caused by viral infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Arbovirus infections, including:
Australian arbo encephalitis
Barmah Forest Virus Disease
Dengue fever
Japanese encephalitis
Kunjin
Ross River Virus Disease
Sindbis
Yellow fever
Coxsackie virus infections including:
Epidemic Myalgia
Herpangina
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Cytomegalovirus infections
Echovirus infections
Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis
Erythema infectiosum (Fifth Disease)
Hendra virus
Hepatitis—viral (all forms)
Herpes simplex virus infections (Types 1 and 2) including:
Cold sores
Congenital herpes infection
Genital herpes
Human papilloma virus infections including:
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Common warts
Genital warts
Human retrovirus infections including those caused by:
HIV Types I and II
HTLV Type I and all other forms
Infectious mononucleosis (also known as Glandular fever or Epstein-Barr
Virus mononucleosis)
Influenza
Lyssavirus
Measles
Menangle virus
Molluscum contagiosum
Mumps
Nipah virus
Orf (Human)
Poliomyelitis
Rabies
Roseola infantum
Rotavirus infections
Rubella—including congenital rubella
Smallpox
Varicella—Zoster infections including Chicken pox and Shingles (Herpes
zoster)
Viral encephalitis
Viral gastroenteritis
Viral Haemorrhagic fevers including:
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Ebola disease
Lassa fever
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Marburg disease
Viral meningitis
Diseases or conditions caused by bacterial infections
Actinomycosis
Acute bacterial conjunctivitis
Anthrax
Bacterial meningitis
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter infections
Chancroid
Cholera
Clostridium food poisoning
Diphtheria
Donovanosis
Escherichia coli infections, including the syndrome Haemolytic Uraemic
Syndrome (HUS)
Gonococcal infections including:
Gonorrhoea
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Haemophilus influenzae infections including:
Epiglottitis
H. influenzae meningitis
Impetigo
Legionellosis, including:
Legionnaires' Disease
Pontiac fever
Leprosy
Listeriosis
Meningococcal infections, including:
Meningococcal Meningitis
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Meningococcaemia
Mycobacterial infections (other than those caused by M. tuberculosis and
M. leprae)
Mycoplasma infections including:
Primary atypical pneumonia
Paratyphoid fever
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Plague
Pseudomonas infections including:
Melioidosis
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis (Bacillary dysentery)
Staphylococcal infections including:
Staphylococcal food poisoning
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Streptococcal infections including:
Erysipelas
Group B Streptococcal disease of the newborn
Scarlet fever
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Tularaemia
Typhoid fever
Ureaplasma urealyticum infections
Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections
Yersiniosis
Diseases or conditions caused by chlamydial infections
Chlamydia trachomatis infections including:
Chlamydia pneumoniae
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Inclusion conjunctivitis
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Non-gonococcal urethritis
Trachoma
Psittacosis (Ornithosis)
Diseases or conditions caused by spirochaetal infections
Leptospirosis
Lyme Disease
Relapsing fever including:
Louse-borne relapsing fever
Tick-borne relapsing fever
Syphilis (all forms)
Diseases or conditions caused by rickettsial infections
Q fever
Typhus fever including:
Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever
Flea borne typhus (endemic typhus)
Scrub typhus
Diseases or conditions caused by fungul infections
Aspergillosis
Blastomycosis
Candidiasis
Coccidoidamycosis
Cryptococcosis
Dermatophytosis (Ringworm)
Histoplasmosis
Sporotrichosis
Diseases or conditions caused by protozoan infections
Amoebiasis
Cyclosporiasis
Cryptosporidiosis
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Giardiasis
Malaria
Pneumocystis carinii infections
Primary amoebic meningo-encephalitis
Toxoplasmosis
Trichomonas infections
Diseases or conditions caused by helminthic infections
Ancylostomiasis (Hookworm infections)
Cysticercosis
Filariasis
Hydatid disease
Pinworm infections
Roundworm infections
Schistosomiasis
Taeniasis (Tapeworm infections) including:
Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) infections
Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) infections
Toxocariasis
Trichinosis
Whipworm infections
Diseases or conditions of ectoparasites
Myiasis
Pediculosis
Scabies
Diseases or conditions caused by multiple aetiology
Food-borne or water-borne illness (2 or more related cases)
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SCHEDULE 3
Regulations 4, 6, 7
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
Group A Group B
Anthrax
Arbovirus infections—Japanese
encephalitis virus
Australian arbo encephalitis—
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Botulism
Cholera
Diptheria
Food-borne and water-borne illness
(two or more related cases)
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
(HUS)
Legionellosis
Measles
Hemophilus influenzae, type B
infection (meningitis, epiglottitis,
other invasive infections
Meningococcal infection (meningitis
or meningococcaemias)
Poliomyelitis
Plague
Rabies
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers
Viral haemorrhagic fevers
Yellow fever
Arbovirus infections—Ross River
virus
Arbovirus infections—Barmah
Forest virus
Arbovirus infections—Dengue virus
Arbovirus infections—Kunjin virus
Arbovirus infections—other
arbovirus infections
Brucellosis
Campylobacter infection
Cryptosporidiosis
Giardiasis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis viral (not further specified)
Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
Leprosy
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Lyssavirus—Australian Bat
lyssavirus
Lyssavirus—other (specify)
Malaria
Mumps
Pneumococcal infection (invasive)
Psittacosis (ornithosis)
Pertussis
Q Fever
Rubella (including congenital
Rubella)
Salmonellosis
Group A Group B
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Shigellosis
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Verotoxin producing Escherichia
coli (VTEC)
Group C Group D
Chlamydia trachomatis genital
infection
Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome (AIDS)
Donovanosis
Gonococcal infection
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) Infection
Syphilis/congenital syphilis
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SCHEDULE 4
Regulation 8
FORMS OF NOTIFICATION
BY MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
Form 1: For Group A and Group B Notifiable Diseases—Strictly
Confidential
1. Disease Diagnosis
2. Identification
Family Name
Given Name
Date of birth
Sex
Indigenous status
Alive/deceased
3. Other characteristics
Residential Address
Residential Postcode
Occupation
School or childcare attended
Comments
Date of Onset of Illness
Risk factors
Suspected mode of transmission
4. Notifying Doctor
Name
Address
Phone Number
Signature
Date of report
Timing of notice
Group A
Immediate notification by telephone of an initial diagnosis—whether
presumptive or confirmed. Followed by written notification with details of
the data elements listed above, within 5 days of the initial diagnosis.
Group B
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Written notification with details of the data elements listed above, within 5
days of the initial diagnosis.
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Form 2: For Group C Notifiable Diseases—Strictly Confidential
1. Disease Diagnosis
2. Identification
Name Code (First two letters of family name, First two letters of given name)
Date of birth
Sex
Indigenous status
Alive/deceased
3. Other characteristics
Residential Postcode
Comments
Risk factors
Suspected mode of transmission
Date of Onset of Illness
4. Notifying Doctor
Name
Address
Phone Number
Signature
Date of report
Timing of notice
Written notification with details of the data elements listed above, within
5 days of the initial diagnosis.
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Form 3: For Group D Notification for HIV—Strictly Confidential
1. Identification
Name Code (First two letters of family name, First two letters of given name)
Date of birth
Sex
2. Other characteristics
Country of birth
Indigenous status
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If born overseas, year of arrival into Australia
Language other than English spoken at home
Residential Postcode
Date of Onset of Illness
3. Notifying Doctor
Name
Address
Hospital Name (if appropriate)
Phone Number
Signature
Date of report
4. Reason for testing
Exposure risk (see section 6)
Investigation of clinical symptoms
Screening—
Blood, organ or semen donor
Insurance
Immigration
Antenatal
Other
5. Diagnosis
Date of first diagnosis of HIV infection
State/Territory of first diagnosis of HIV infection
CD4+ count or viral load at first diagnosis of HIV infection or both
History of seroconversion illness
Date of seroconversion illness
Has the person had a previous HIV test
Date of last test
Result of last HIV test
Source of information on last test, patient, doctor or laboratory
6. Exposure category
Person was interviewed in regard to exposure:
Not at all (provide details)
To a certain extent (answer following questions)
In depth (answer following questions)
More than one exposure category may be ticked.
Sexual exposure (at least one must be ticked)
Sexual contact only with person of same sex
Sexual contact with both sexes (if female see section 6a)
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Sexual contact only with person of opposite sex (see section 6a)
Sexual contact with a person from another country (write country)
No sexual contact
Sexual exposure not known
Vertical exposure
Mother with/at risk for HIV infection (see section 6b)
Blood exposure
Injecting drug use (detail)
Recipient of blood, blood products or tissue (detail)
Haemophilia/coagulation disorder (detail)
Other exposure
History of tattoos (date/place)
History of ear/body piercing (date/place)
History of major/minor surgery (date/place)
Exposure other than those given above (date/place)
Exposure could not be established (detail)
6a. Sexual Contact
At least one must be answered if MALE reports sexual contact with person
of opposite sex or if FEMALE reports sexual contact with either same or
OPPOSITE sex.
Sex with bisexual male (women only)
Sex with injecting drug user
Sex with person from another country (write country)
Sex with a person who received blood, blood products or tissue
Sex with a person with haemophilia/coagulation disorder
Sex with person with HIV infection whose exposure is other than those
above (specify)
Sex with person with HIV infection whose exposure could not be established
Heterosexual contact not further specified
6b. Vertical Exposure Category
At least one must be answered if patient/guardian reports vertical
exposure only.
Mother with/at risk for HIV infection due to:
Injecting drug use
Recipient of blood, blood products or tissue
Origin from another country (write country)
Has HIV infection, exposure not specified
Sex with bisexual male
Sex with injecting drug user
Sex with person who received blood, blood products or tissue
Sex with person with haemophilia
Sex with person from another country (write country)
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Sex with person with HIV infection, exposure not specified
Other (specify)
7. Donation of blood or other bodily fluid or tissue prior to HIV diagnosis
(If this is the case specify type of donation, date and place of donation)
Timing of notice
Written notification with details of the data elements listed above, within
5 days of the initial diagnosis.
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Form 4: For Group D Notification for AIDS—Strictly Confidential
1. Identification
Name Code (First two letters of family name, First two letters of given name)
Date of birth
Sex
2. Other characteristics
Country of birth
Indigenous status
If born overseas, year of arrival into Australia
Language other than English spoken at home
Current state of person—
• Person is alive
Date of most recent contact
• Person has died
Date of death
Residential Postcode
3. Notifying Doctor
Name
Address
Hospital Name (if appropriate)
4. Diagnosis
Date of AIDS diagnosis
Has the person been previously diagnosed with AIDS elsewhere?
Yes/No/Unknown
• If yes and diagnosis was in another State/Territory, specify
• If yes and diagnosis was overseas, write country
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5. Laboratory Tests
Date of first diagnosis of HIV infection
CD4+ count or viral load at AIDS diagnosis or both
CD4+ count and viral load results to be forwarded when available
Date of specimen collection for CD4+ count analysis
6. Antiviral Therapy
Has the person been treated with antiviral therapy?
If yes, specify month/year when started
7. Diseases indicative of AIDS at diagnosis
(At least one must be ticked) (state whether definite of presumptive)
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Oesophageal candidiasis
Kaposi's sarcoma (specify site)
Herpes simplex virus of >1 month duration (specify site)
Cryptococcosis
Cryptosporidiosis (diarrhoea>1 month)
Toxoplasmosis (specify site)
Cytomegalovirus (specify site)
Atypical Mycobacteriosis (specify site)
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, primary of brain/CNS
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, other site (specify type)
HIV encephalopathy (includes AIDS Dementia Complex)
HIV wasting syndrome
Invasive cervical cancer
Recurrent pneumonia
Other (specify)
8. Exposure category
Person was interviewed in regard to exposure:
Not at all (provide details)
To a certain extent (answer following questions)
In depth (answer following questions)
More than one exposure category may be ticked.
Sexual exposure (at least one must be ticked)
Sexual contact only with person of same sex
Sexual contact with both sexes (if female see section 8a)
Sexual contact only with person of opposite sex (see section 8a)
Sexual contact with a person from another country (write country)
No sexual contact
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Sexual exposure not known
Vertical exposure
Mother with/at risk for HIV infection (see section 8b)
Blood exposure
Injecting drug use (detail)
Recipient of blood, blood products or tissue (detail)
Haemophilia/coagulation disorder (detail)
Other exposure
Exposures other than those above applies (provide details)
Exposure could not be established (detail)
8a. Sexual Contact
At least one must be answered if MALE reports sexual contact with person
of opposite sex or if FEMALE reports sexual contact with either same or
OPPOSITE sex.
Sex with bisexual male (women only)
Sex with injecting drug user
Sex with person from another country (write country)
Sex with a person who received blood, blood products or tissue
Sex with a person with haemophilia/coagulation disorder
Sex with person with HIV infection whose exposure is other than those
above (specify)
Sex with person with HIV infection whose exposure could not be established
Heterosexual contact not further specified
8b. Vertical Exposure Category
At least one must be answered if patient/guardian reports vertical
exposure only.
Mother with/at risk for HIV infection due to:
Injecting drug use
Recipient of blood, blood products or tissue
Origin from another country (write country)
Has HIV infection, exposure not specified
Sex with bisexual male
Sex with injecting drug user
Sex with person who received blood, blood products or tissue
Sex with person with haemophilia
Sex with person from another country (write country)
Sex with person with HIV infection, exposure not specified
Other (specify)
Timing of notice
Written notification with details of the data elements listed above, within
5 days of the initial diagnosis.
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SCHEDULE 5
Regulation 9
MICRO-ORGANISMS—ISOLATED OR DETECTED IN FOOD
OR WATER SUPPLIES
Micro-organisms
Campylobacter spp
Cryptosporidium spp
Salmonella spp
Verotoxin producing Escherichia coli (VTEC)
Vibrio spp
Giardia cysts
Listeria monocytogenes
Cyclospora spp
Timing of notice
Immediate notification by telephone followed by notice in writing
within 5 days.
Manner of notice
The notice must specify—
Micro-organism isolated or detected:
Date of isolation or detection:
Source: food or water:
Type: batch identification (if appropriate):
Name and contact number of notifying laboratory—
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SCHEDULE 6
Regulations 13 and 14
MINIMUM PERIOD OF EXCLUSION FROM
SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES CENTRES
FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES CASES AND CONTACTS
In this Schedule "medical certificate" means a certificate of a registered
medical practitioner.
1. Conditions
Amoebiasis
(Entamoeba
histolytica)
2. Exclusion of cases
Exclude until diarrhoea
has ceased
3. Exclusion of
contacts
Not excluded
Campylobacter Exclude until diarrhoea
has ceased
Not excluded
Chicken pox Exclude until fully
recovered or for at least
5 days after the eruption
first appears. Note that
some remaining scabs are
not a reason for continued
exclusion
Any child with an
immune deficiency
(for example,
leukaemia) or
receiving
chemotherapy should
be excluded for their
own protection.
Otherwise not
excluded
Conjunctivitis Exclude until discharge
from eyes has ceased
Not excluded
Cytomegaloviru
s Infection
Exclusion not necessary Not excluded
Diarrhoea Exclude until diarrhoea
has ceased or until medical
certificate of recovery is
produced
Not excluded
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1. Conditions
Diphtheria
2. Exclusion of cases
Exclude until medical
certificate of recovery is
received following at least
two negative throat swabs,
the first not less than
24 hours after finishing a
course of antibiotics and
the other 48 hours later
3. Exclusion of
contacts
Exclude
family/household
contacts until cleared
to return by the
Secretary
Glandular fever
(mononucleosis)
Exclusion is not necessary Not excluded
Hand, Foot and
Mouth disease
Until all blisters have dried Not excluded
Haemophilus
type b (Hib)
Exclude until medical
certificate of recovery is
received
Not excluded
Hepatitis A Exclude until a medical
certificate of recovery is
received, but not before
7 days after the onset of
jaundice or illness
Not excluded
Hepatitis B Exclusion is not necessary Not excluded
Hepatitis C Exclusion is not necessary Not excluded
Herpes ("cold
sores")
Young children unable to
comply with good hygiene
practices should be
excluded while the lesion
is weeping. Lesions to be
covered by dressing,
where possible
Not excluded
Hookworm Exclusion is not necessary Not excluded
Human
immuno-
deficiency virus
infection
(HIV/AIDS
virus)
Exclusion is not necessary
unless the child has a
secondary infection
Not excluded
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1. Conditions
Impetigo
2. Exclusion of cases
Exclude until appropriate
treatment has commenced.
Sores on exposed surfaces
must be covered with a
watertight dressing
3. Exclusion of
contacts
Not excluded
Influenza and
influenza like
illnesses
Exclude until well Not excluded
Leprosy Exclude until approval to
return has been given by
the Secretary
Not excluded
Measles Exclude for at least 4 days
after onset of rash
Immunised contacts
not excluded.
Unimmunised contacts
should be excluded
until 14 days after the
first day of appearance
of rash in the last case.
If unimmunised
contacts are vaccinated
within 72 hours of
their first contact with
the first case they may
return to school
Meningitis
(bacteria)
Exclude until well Not excluded
Meningococcal
infection
Exclude until adequate
carrier eradication therapy
has been completed
Not excluded if
receiving carrier
eradication therapy
Molluscum
contagiosum
Exclusion not necessary Not excluded
Mumps Exclude for 9 days or until
swelling goes down
(whichever is sooner)
Not excluded
Parvovirus
(erythema
infectiousum
fifth disease)
Exclusion not necessary Not excluded
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1. Conditions
Poliomyelitis
2. Exclusion of cases
Exclude for at least
14 days from onset.
Re-admit after receiving
medical certificate of
recovery
3. Exclusion of
contacts
Not excluded
Ringworm,
scabies,
pediculosis
(head lice)
Re-admit the day after
appropriate treatment has
commenced
Not excluded
Rubella (german
measles)
Exclude until fully
recovered or for at least
four days after the onset of
rash
Not excluded
Salmonella,
Shigella
Exclude until diarrhoea
ceases
Not excluded
Streptococcal
infection
(including
scarlet fever)
Exclude until the child has
received antibiotic
treatment for at least
24 hours and the child
feels well
Not excluded
Trachoma Re-admit the day after
appropriate treatment has
commenced
Not excluded
Tuberculosis Exclude until receipt of a
medical certificate from
the treating physician
stating that the child is not
considered to be infectious
Not excluded
Typhoid fever
(including
paratyphoid
fever)
Exclude until approval to
return has been given by
the Secretary
Not excluded unless
considered necessary
by the Secretary
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1. Conditions
Whooping
cough
2. Exclusion of cases
Exclude the child for
5 days after starting
antibiotic treatment
3. Exclusion of
contacts
Exclude unimmunised
household contacts
aged less than 7 years
and close child care
contacts for 14 days
after the last exposure
to infection or until
they have taken 5 days
of a 10 day course of
antibiotics
Worms
(Intestinal)
Exclude if diarrhoea
present
Not excluded
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SCHEDULE 7
Regulation 18
Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2001
BLOOD DONATION STATEMENT
There are some people in the community who MUST NOT give blood as it
may transmit infections to people who receive it. So before you give blood
you need to answer some questions to ensure that it will be safe for people to
be given your blood or blood products. The following questions are a vital
part of the effort to eliminate these diseases from the blood supply.
Even though there are a lot of questions they are all important and you need
to answer every question on the form honestly and to the best of your ability.
Answering these questions honestly is important because there are severe
penalties including fines and imprisonment for making a false statement.
All donations of blood are tested for the presence of Hepatitis B and C,
HIV 1 and 2 (AIDS virus), syphilis, and HTLV I and II. Should your blood
test positive for any of these diseases or show a significantly abnormal result
you will be notified.
To the best of your knowledge have you:
(please circle your answer)
1. In the last 6 months had an illness with swollen glands and
a rash, with or without a fever?
YES NO
2. Ever thought you could be infected with HIV or have
AIDS?
YES NO
3. Ever "used drugs" by injection or been injected, even
once, with drugs not prescribed by a doctor or dentist?
YES NO
4. Ever had treatment with clotting factors such as Factor
VIII or Factor IX?
YES NO
5. Ever had a test which showed you had Hepatitis C or
HIV?
YES NO
6. In the last 12 months have you engaged in sexual activity
with someone you might think would answer "yes" to any
of questions 1–5?
YES NO
7. Since your last donation or in the last 12 months have you YES NO
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had sexual activity with a new partner who currently lives
or has previously lived overseas?
Within the last 12 months have you:
(please circle your answer)
8. Had male to male sex? YES NO
9. Had sexual activity with a male who you think might be
bisexual?
YES NO
10. Been a male or female sex worker (eg. received payment
for sex in money, gifts or drugs)?
YES NO
11. Engaged in sexual activity with a male or female sex
worker?
YES NO
12. Been injured with a used needle (needlestick)? YES NO
13. Had a blood/body fluid splash to eyes, mouth, nose or to
broken skin?
YES NO
14. Had a tattoo (including cosmetic tattooing), skin
piercing, electrolysis or acupuncture?
YES NO
15. Been imprisoned in a prison or lock-up? YES NO
16. Had a blood transfusion? YES NO
17. Had yellow jaundice or hepatitis or been in contact with
someone who has?
YES NO
Thank you for answering these questions. If you are uncertain about the
answers to these questions please discuss this with the interviewer. We
would like you to sign this declaration in the presence of a Blood Service
staff member.
• I declare that I have understood the information on the form and
answered the questions in the statement to the best of my
knowledge.
• I understand that, as scientific knowledge advances, I may be
asked by the Blood Service to undergo further blood tests.
• I understand that my donation is a gift to the Blood Service which
may be used for therapeutic purposes and in some instances for the
manufacture of diagnostic agents and research.
• I have been advised that there are some possible risks associated
with donating blood.
I have also been informed that I must follow the instructions of the Blood
Service staff to minimise these risks.
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Donor's signature: Witness signature:
Print name: Print name:
Date:
Please notify the blood service if you become unwell within 5 days of
donating. Even if you are unable to give blood today we thank you for
coming and appreciate your willingness to be a blood donor.
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SCHEDULE 8
Regulation 19
Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2001
TISSUE OR SEMEN DONATION STATEMENT
There are some people in the community who MUST NOT donate
tissue/semen* as it may transmit infections to people who receive it. So
before you donate tissue/semen* you need to answer some questions to
ensure that it will be safe for people to be given your tissue/semen*. The
following questions are a vital part of the effort to eliminate these diseases
from the supply of donated tissue/semen.
Even though there are a lot of questions they are all important and you need
to answer every question on the form honestly and to the best of your ability.
Answering these questions honestly is important because there are severe
penalties including fines and imprisonment for making a false statement.
In the case of donation of tissue/semen, your blood is tested for the presence
of HIV 1 and 2 (AIDS virus) and hepatitis C and may be tested for the
presence of other infectious diseases. Should your blood test positive for any
of these diseases or show a significantly abnormal result you will be notified.
To the best of your knowledge have you:
(please circle your answer)
1. In the last 6 months had an illness with swollen glands
and a rash, with or without a fever?
YES NO
2. Ever thought you could be infected with HIV or have
AIDS?
YES NO
3. Ever "used drugs" by injection or been injected, even
once, with drugs not prescribed by a doctor or dentist?
YES NO
4. Ever had treatment with clotting factors such as Factor
VIII or Factor IX?
YES NO
5. Ever had a test which showed you had Hepatitis C or
HIV?
YES NO
6. In the last 12 months have you engaged in sexual activity
with someone you might think would answer "yes" to
any of questions 1–5?
YES NO
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7. Since your last donation or in the last 12 months have
you had sexual activity with a new partner who currently
lives or has previously lived overseas?
YES NO
Within the last 12 months have you:
(please circle your answer)
8. Had male to male sex? YES NO
9. Had sexual activity with a male who you think might be
bisexual?
YES NO
10. Been a male or female sex worker (eg. received payment
for sex in money, gifts or drugs)?
YES NO
11. Engaged in sexual activity with a male or female sex
worker?
YES NO
12. Been injured with a used needle (needlestick)? YES NO
13. Had a blood/body fluid splash to eyes, mouth, nose or to
broken skin?
YES NO
14. Had a tattoo (including cosmetic tattooing), skin
piercing, electrolysis or acupuncture?
YES NO
15. Been imprisoned in a prison or lock-up? YES NO
16. Had a blood transfusion? YES NO
17. Had yellow jaundice or hepatitis or been in contact with
someone who has?
YES NO
Thank you for answering these questions. If you are uncertain about the
answers to these questions please discuss this with the interviewer. We
would like you to sign this declaration in the presence of a person approved
by the Tissue Donation Service/Donor Insemination Service*.
I declare that I have understood the information on the form and answered
the questions in the statement to the best of my knowledge.
I understand that, as scientific knowledge advances, I may be asked by the
Tissue Donation Service/Donor Insemination Service* to undergo further
blood tests.
I understand that my donation is a gift to the Tissue Donation Service/Donor
Insemination Service* which may be used for therapeutic purposes and
research.
I have been advised that there are some possible risks associated with
donating tissue/semen*.
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I have also been informed that I must follow the instructions of the Tissue
Donation Service/Donor Insemination Service* staff to minimise these risks.
Donor's signature: Witness signature:
Print name: Print name:
Date:
Please notify the Tissue Donation Service/Donor Insemination Service* if
you become unwell within 5 days of donating. Even if you are unable to give
tissue/semen* today we thank you for coming and appreciate your
willingness to be a tissue/semen* donor.
* Delete whichever is inapplicable
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 13(2): S.R. No. 44/1999.
2 Reg. 23(2): S.R. No. 57/2000.
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