Responsibility for notification #
Medical practitioners are required to notify the chief executive of a clinical HIV diagnosis unless the examination was carried out in a hospital, in which case the person in charge of the hospital is responsible for notification (unless the person in charge has a reasonable excuse not to make the notification) (Public Health Act 2005 (Qld), ss 70 and 71).
In the above circumstances, the notice to the chief executive must comply with the requirements defined by regulations, be in approved form and, if applicable, include the name of the medical practitioner who referred the person’s specimen for pathological examination (ss 70(2), 71(2)), 72(2) and 73(2)). List of notifiable conditions here
Mode of notification #
Notifications to the chief executive may be given using an anonymity code (Public Health Act 2005 (Qld) s 74).
