s 6 Notification of prescribed infectious diseases
6. —(1) Every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by the medical practitioner is suffering from a prescribed infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease must notify the Director-General of Health within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General of Health may require. [5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) Every person in charge of a laboratory used for the diagnosis of disease who becomes aware of the existence of a prescribed infectious disease in the course of his or her work must notify the Director-General of Health within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General of Health may require. [5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (3) A person in a prescribed class, who is aware or suspects that — ( a ) another person is suffering from, or is a carrier of, a prescribed infectious disease; or ( b ) another person has died while suffering from, or being a carrier of, a prescribed infectious disease, must notify the Director-General of Health, within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General of Health may require, of the fact in paragraph ( a ) or ( b ), as the case may be. [5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (4) Any person who is required to notify the Director-General of Health under this section must give any other particulars required by the Director-General of Health insofar as they can be reasonably ascertained by the person or are within the person’s knowledge. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (5) Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section or provides as true information which the person knows or has reason to believe to be false shall be guilty of an offence. (6) Any person who is charged with failing to comply with the requirements of subsection (1), (2) or (3) in relation to the notification of a prescribed infectious disease is presumed to have known of the existence of the disease unless the person proves to the satisfaction of the court that the person had no such knowledge and could not with reasonable diligence have obtained such knowledge. [5/2019] —(1) Every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by the medical practitioner is suffering from a prescribed infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease must notify the Director-General of Health within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General of Health may require. [5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) Every person in charge of a laboratory used for the diagnosis of disease who becomes aware of the existence of a prescribed infectious disease in the course of his or her work must notify the Director-General of Health within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General of Health may require. [5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (3) A person in a prescribed class, who is aware or suspects that — ( a ) another person is suffering from, or is a carrier of, a prescribed infectious disease; or ( b ) another person has died while suffering from, or being a carrier of, a prescribed infectious disease, must notify the Director-General of Health, within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General of Health may require, of the fact in paragraph ( a ) or ( b ), as the case may be. [5/2019] [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (4) Any person who is required to notify the Director-General of Health under this section must give any other particulars required by the Director-General of Health insofar as they can be reasonably ascertained by the person or are within the person’s knowledge. [Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (5) Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this section or provides as true information which the person knows or has reason to believe to be false shall be guilty of an offence. (6) Any person who is charged with failing to comply with the requirements of subsection (1), (2) or (3) in relation to the notification of a prescribed infectious disease is presumed to have known of the existence of the disease unless the person proves to the satisfaction of the court that the person had no such knowledge and could not with reasonable diligence have obtained such knowledge. [5/2019]