Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00168:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00168
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 4048–5900

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must as a minimum exist before it can be said that a reasonable hypothesis has been raised connecting warts or death from warts with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          having direct physical contact with another person's cutaneous warts, within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
Note: direct physical contact is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(2)          for warts affecting the cervix uteri only, having penetrative sexual intercourse with a person with genital warts within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
(3)          for warts affecting the anogenital region only, having contact with the anogenital warts of another person within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
(4)          for warts affecting the oral cavity or the larynx only, having oral sex with a person with anogenital warts within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
(5)          for plantar warts only, using communal showering or bathing facilities within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
(6)          for warts on the hands only, using shared gloves or shared utensils on more days than not for 3 months in the preparation of meat, poultry or fish for consumption, within the 20 months before the clinical onset of warts;
(7)          being in an immunocompromised state as specified at the time of the clinical onset of warts;
Note: immunocompromised state as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(8)          being in an immunocompromised state as specified at the time of the clinical worsening of warts;
Note: immunocompromised state as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.
(9)          inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for warts.