The Health Protection (Notification) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

• Citation: S.I. 2020/674
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Health Protection (Notification) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1st October 2020.

Section 2 Amendments to the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010

(1) The Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (duty to notify causative agents found in human samples), after paragraph (2)(d) insert—

(da) the results of any antimicrobial susceptibility test and any resistance mechanism identified in respect of the sample;

(3) In Schedule 2 (causative agents), at the appropriate place insert—

Acquired carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria