New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Scheduled medical conditions

(Section 3)

Category 1

Birth
Congenital malformation (as described in the "Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death" published by the World Health Organization, Geneva) in a child under the age of 1 year
Cystic fibrosis in a child under the age of 1 year
Death while under, or as a result of, or within 24 hours after the administration of, an anaesthetic administered in the course of a medical, surgical or dental operation or procedure or an operation or procedure of a like nature (other than a local anaesthetic administered solely for the purpose of facilitating a procedure for resuscitation from apparent or impending death)
Hypothyroidism in a child under the age of 1 year
Perinatal Death
Phenylketonuria in a child under the age of 1 year
Pregnancy with a child having a congenital malformation (as described in the "Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death" published by the World Health Organization, Geneva), cystic fibrosis, hypothyroidism, thalassaemia major or phenylketonuria
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Thalassaemia major in a child under the age of 1 year

Category 2

To be notified by medical practitioners
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Acute viral hepatitis
Adverse event following immunisation
Avian influenza in humans
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)
Foodborne illness in two or more related cases
Gastroenteritis among people of any age in an institution (eg among persons in educational or residential institutions)
Leprosy
Measles
Pertussis (Whooping cough)
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Smallpox
Syphilis
Tuberculosis

Category 3

To be notified by laboratories
Anthrax
Arboviral infections
Avian influenza in humans
Botulism
Brucellosis
Cancer
Chancroid
Chlamydia
Cholera
Congenital malformation (as described in the "Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death" published by the World Health Organization, Geneva)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)
Cryptosporidiosis
Cystic fibrosis
Diphtheria
Donovanosis
Giardiasis
Gonorrhoea
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Hendra virus infection
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis D (delta)
Hepatitis E
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
Hypothyroidism
Invasive pneumococcal infection
Influenza
Lead poisoning (as defined by a blood lead level of or above 10µg/dL)
Legionella infections
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Lyssavirus
Malaria
Measles
Meningococcal infections
Mumps
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Phenylketonuria
Plague
Poliomyelitis
Pregnancy with a child having a congenital malformation (as described in the "Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death" published by the World Health Organization, Geneva), cystic fibrosis, hypothyroidism, thalassaemia major or phenylketonuria
Psittacosis
Q fever
Rabies
Rotavirus
Rubella
Salmonella infections
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Syphilis
Thalassaemia major
Tuberculosis
Tularaemia
Typhus (epidemic)
Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection
Viral haemorrhagic fevers
Yellow fever

Category 4

Avian influenza in humans
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Tuberculosis
Typhoid

Category 5

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection