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.