Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00007:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00007
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 3834–6365

9               Factors that must exist
At least one of the following factors must exist before it can be said that, on the balance of probabilities, hepatitis B or death from hepatitis B is connected 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 180 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)          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.
(b)          being infected with human immunodeficiency virus before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(c)          undergoing solid organ, stem cell or bone marrow transplantation before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(d)          undergoing a course of therapeutic radiation for cancer, where the liver was in the field of radiation, before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(e)          for females only, consuming a total of at least 75 kilograms of alcohol within the ten years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
Note: alcohol is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(f)           for males only, consuming a total of at least 150 kilograms of alcohol within the ten years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
Note: alcohol is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(g)          undergoing surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in the two years before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(h)          being within the six month postpartum period at the time of the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(i)            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.
(j)            having evidence of chronic infection with schistosomiasis involving the liver before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(4)          being infected with the hepatitis A, hepatitis C, hepatitis D or hepatitis E virus before the clinical worsening of hepatitis B;
(5)          inability to obtain appropriate clinical management for hepatitis B.