Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting in subsection (1) ", or may have been exposed to," after "has" ;

(b) by omitting from subsection (1)(d) "further medical examination, medical testing," and substituting "clinical assessment," ;

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1) :

(1A)  A direction given under subsection (1) may specify the manner in which the direction is to be complied with.

(d) by inserting in subsection (2) "given" after "direction" ;

(e) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (2) :

(3)  A direction given under subsection (1)(d) may require a person to submit to clinical assessment, medical treatment, or counselling, by a person, or a member of a class of persons, specified in the direction.

(4)  A person who carries out a clinical assessment for the purpose of a direction given under subsection (1) must provide to the Director a written report in relation to the assessment as soon as practicable after the assessment is completed.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units.

(5)  A direction given under this section ceases to be in force when the requirements of the direction have been satisfied.

(6)  The Director may revoke a direction given under this section.

(7)  The Director must revoke under subsection (6) a direction as soon as practicable after he or she is satisfied that it is no longer necessary, for the purposes of managing a threat to public health or a likely threat to public health, for the direction to remain in force.

(8)  If a direction given under this section, or an order under section 45(1)(e) , requires that a person be quarantined or isolated, the Director, at the required intervals, must –

(a) consider whether it is necessary for the person to continue to be subject to the direction or order; and

(b) if necessary in order to determine whether it is necessary for the person to continue to be subject to the direction or order, arrange for the clinical assessment of the person.

(9)  The required intervals are intervals that the Director considers reasonable, but not less than once in every successive period of 7 days.