Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00095:section:16
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Provision Reference: s 16
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16  Notifying information about non‑prescribed occupational respiratory diseases—diagnosing prescribed medical practitioner

Minimum notification information may be notified
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a prescribed medical practitioner who diagnoses an individual with a non‑prescribed occupational respiratory disease at or after the commencement of this Act may, with the individual's consent, notify the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, in an approved form, of the minimum notification information in relation to the individual.
Note 1: For minimum notification information, see subsection 12(2).
Note 2: The prescribed medical practitioner may, with the individual's consent, also notify the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, in an approved form, of additional information in relation to the individual (see subsection (3)).
 (2) If:
 (a) a prescribed medical practitioner diagnoses an individual with a non‑prescribed occupational respiratory disease at or after the commencement of this Act; and
 (b) for the purpose of complying with a requirement under a law of a State or Territory, the medical practitioner is required to notify the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, in an approved form, of the diagnosis of that disease in relation to the individual;
the medical practitioner may, without obtaining the individual's consent, notify the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, in an approved form, of the minimum notification information in relation to the individual.
Note 1: For minimum notification information, see subsection 12(2).
Note 2: The prescribed medical practitioner may, with the individual's consent, also notify the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, in an approved form, of additional information in relation to the individual (see subsection (3)).

Additional information may be notified
 (3) A prescribed medical practitioner who notifies minimum notification information in relation to an individual under subsection (1) or (2) may, with the individual's consent, also notify the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, in an approved form, of some or all of the following:
 (a) the additional notification information in relation to the individual;
 (b) other information (if any) in relation to the individual determined under subsection 12(4) for the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(c).
Note: For additional notification information, see subsection 12(3).