Health Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2023

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2023.

2Regulation amended

This part amends the Health Ombudsman Regulation 2014.

3Amendment of s 3 (Corresponding interstate interim orders—Act, s 77)

Section 3—
insert—

(d)an interim prohibition order under the Health and Disability Services (Complaints) Act 1995 (WA).

4Amendment of s 4 (Corresponding interstate orders—Act, s 90O)

Section 4—
insert—

(d)a prohibition order under the Health and Disability Services (Complaints) Act 1995 (WA).

5Regulation amended

This part amends the Hospital and Health Boards Regulation 2023.

6Amendment of sch 8 (Agreements)

Schedule 8, part 2, item 12—
omit, insert—

12The agreement dated 14 July 2023 called ‘Information sharing agreement— Confidential information sharing under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 (Qld) and Corrective Services Act 2006 (Qld) between The State of Queensland acting through Queensland Health and The State of Queensland acting through Queensland Corrective Services’.

7Regulation amended

This part amends the Mental Health Regulation 2017.

8Amendment of sch 1, s 1 (Corresponding laws for particular provisions of Act relating to transfer of patients or transport of persons)

(1)Schedule 1, section 1(1), sixth dot point—
omit.

(2)Schedule 1, section 1(1)—
insert—

•Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic)

9Regulation amended

This part amends the Public Health Regulation 2018.

10Amendment of sch 1 (Notifiable conditions)

(1)Schedule 1—
insert—

acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN)

•

(2)Schedule 1, entry for coronaviruses, entry for COVID-19—
omit, insert—

•  COVID-19

•

•

(3)Schedule 1, entry for haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), column 3, ‘•’—
omit.

11Amendment of sch 2 (Immediate notifications)

Schedule 2—
omit the following entries—

•coronavirus (COVID-19)

•flavivirus infections, including alfuy, Edge Hill, kokobera, Stratford, West Nile/kunjin and other unspecified flaviviruses (excluding dengue and yellow fever)

12Regulation amended

This part amends the Radiation Safety Regulation 2021.

13Amendment of s 51 (Definitions for division)

(1)Section 51, definition internal effective dose, paragraphs (a) and (b)—
omit, insert—

(a)the document called ‘Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides: Part 1’, and known as ‘ICRP Publication 130’ prepared by the International Commission on Radiological Protection; and

(b)the relevant part of the series called ‘Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides’ for the radionuclide.

(2)Section 51, definition relevant part—
insert—

(d)the document called ‘Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides: Part 5’, and known as ‘ICRP Publication 151’ prepared by the International Commission on Radiological Protection.

14Amendment of s 102 (Exemption from payment of fees)

(1)Section 102(3), ‘Subsection (4)’—
omit, insert—

Subsection (5)

(2)Section 102—
insert—

(3A)However, subsection (5) does not apply to a person who is a prescribed licensee if the only use licence held by the person is the use licence the person is taken to hold under section 103K(1)(a) of the Act.

(3)Section 102(3A) to (5)—
renumber as section 102(4) to (6).