PART IINFECTIOUS DISEASES

2Duty of medical practitioner on diagnosis of notifiable disease.

1

Every medical practitioner attending on a person shall as soon as he becomes aware, or has reasonable grounds for suspecting, that that person is suffering from a notifiable disease, send to [F2 theF3 Director of Public Health of the Health and Social Services Board] for the area in which the examination took place a certificate stating—

a

the name, age, sex and address of the patient,

b

the address of the building in which the examination took place, and

c

the notifiable disease from which, in the opinion of the medical practitioner, the patient is, or may be, suffering.

2

The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply where a medical practitioner diagnoses or suspects the occurrence of a notifiable disease in the Northern Ireland Fever Hospital or in any other hospital which the Ministry may designate for the purpose of this subsection.

3

Each [F2 Health and Social Services Board] shall supply a sufficient quantity of forms for the purposes of subsection (1) to every medical practitioner carrying on practice in their area.

4

[F2 A Health and Social Services Board] shall pay to a medical practitioner for each certificate duly sent by him under subsection (1) such fee as may beF1 determined by the Department, subject to such exceptions and conditions as may be so determined.