New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SECT 42H

42H Contents of Register

(1) The Register is to contain the following information in relation to a cervical cancer test:

(a) the identifying particulars of the woman who had the test,

(b) her date of birth,

(c) the date of the test,

(d) the result of the test,

(e) an indication of whether the test was carried out:

(i) because the woman had symptoms that warranted investigation, or

(ii) as a routine measure only,

(f) the identification number of the test,

(g) if the test consisted of a pathological examination of a specimen taken from the woman:

(i) the name, address and identification code of the health practitioner by or on whose behalf the relevant pathology request form was submitted, and

(ii) the identification code of the laboratory that examined the specimen,

(h) if the test was a test, or a test of a class, prescribed by the regulations:

(i) the name, address and identification code of the health practitioner who carried out the test, and

(ii) such clinical information as the regulations may prescribe.

(2) In this section:
"identification code", in relation to a health practitioner or laboratory, means a code used to identify the health practitioner or laboratory for the purposes of the Register.
"identification number", in relation to a test, means the number allocated uniquely to the test by:

(a) the laboratory that carried out the test (in the case of a test consisting of a pathological examination of a specimen taken from a woman), or

(b) the health practitioner (in any other case).