Health (Notification of Lead Poisoning) Regulations 1985 (WA)

Western Australia Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 Health (Notification of Lead Poisoning) Regulations 1985 Western Australia Health (Notification of Lead Poisoning) Regulations 1985 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Lead poisoning a prescribed condition of health 2 Part 2 — Notification of lead poisoning 5. Notification by medical practitioner 3 6. Notification by responsible pathologist 4 Part 3 — Western Australian Lead Poisoning Register 7. Western Australia Lead Poisoning Register 5 8. Offence to disclose information without authority 6 9. Chief Health Officer may authorise disclosure of information 6 10. Right to know of information in register 7 11. Request to delete identifying information 7 12. Persons under a legal disability 8 Notes Compilation table 9 Defined terms Western Australia Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 Health (Notification of Lead Poisoning) Regulations 1985

Part 1 — Preliminary [Heading inserted: Gazette 15 Nov 2016 p. 5055.]

1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Health (Notification of Lead Poisoning) Regulations 1985 1.

2. Commencement These regulations shall come into operation on the day of publication of the Health — Infectious Diseases Order (No. 2) 1985 1.

3. Terms used In these regulations — corresponding officer means a person who, under the law of another State or a Territory, has functions that correspond or substantially correspond to the functions of the Chief Health Officer under these regulations; identifying information means information from which the identity of the person to whom the information relates is apparent or can reasonably be ascertained; lead poisoning means a concentration of lead in a person's whole blood at or above 5 micrograms per decilitre (µg/dL); register means the register referred to in regulation 7(1); required details, in relation to notification given to the Chief Health Officer of lead poisoning, means — (a) the name and contact details of the person giving the notification; and (b) the following information about the person who has lead poisoning, to the extent that the information is known by the person giving the notification — (i) the full name, sex, date of birth, residential address and occupation of the person; (ii) the full name and residential address of a parent or guardian of the person, if the person has not reached 18 years of age. [Regulation 3 inserted: Gazette 15 Nov 2016 p. 5055-6; amended: Gazette 10 Jan 2017 p. 269.]