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Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/2)
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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 hepatitis B or death from hepatitis B with the circumstances of a person's relevant service:
(1)          being exposed to the hepatitis B virus at least 30 days before the clinical onset of hepatitis B;
Note: being exposed to the hepatitis B virus is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(2)          living or working for a continuous period of at least 90 days in an area which, at that time, has a population prevalence of hepatitis B chronic infection of at least 2% before the clinical onset of hepatitis B;
(3)          for chronic infection only,
(a)          having been a Prisoner of War of Japan before the clinical onset of hepatitis B;
(b)          having served in South-East Asia, the Mediterranean region or the Pacific region during World War 2 before the clinical onset of hepatitis B;
(c)          being treated with an immunosuppressive drug in the five years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
Note: being treated with an immunosuppressive drug is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(d)          being infected with human immunodeficiency virus before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(e)          undergoing solid organ, stem cell or bone marrow transplantation before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(f)           undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the liver was in the field of radiation, before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(g)          for females only, consuming a total of at least 55 kilograms of alcohol within the ten years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
Note: alcohol is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(h)          for males only, consuming a total of at least 110 kilograms of alcohol within the ten years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
Note: alcohol is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(i)            having diabetes mellitus for at least the five years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(j)            being obese for at least the five years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
Note: being obese is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(k)          undergoing surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in the two years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(l)            being within the six month postpartum period at the time of the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(m)        having severe hepatic iron overload at the time of the clinical worsening of hepatitis B; or
Note: iron overload is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(n)          having evidence of chronic infection with schistosomiasis involving the liver before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;