Chief Health Officer's guidelines for the Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021

​What is the the Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021?

The Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021 (Act) allows for the mandatory blood testing of a person in circumstances where the person’s bodily fluid has come into contact with a health, emergency or public sector worker as a result of the person's deliberate action and the worker has been placed at risk of contracting a blood borne virus (BBV).

About this document

In accordance with the Act, the Chief Health Officer has issued guidelines to assist:

• senior officers exercising functions under the Act
• relevant medical practitioners who may consult with workers for the purposes of the Act
• persons taking blood from third parties under a mandatory testing order.

Please see the Chief Health Officer’s guidelines for the Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021 for further information.

Factsheets

• Information for medical practitioners
  
• Information for third parties
  
• Information for workers
  
• Information for senior officers
  

Further information

Additional information  and resources regarding the Mandatory Disease Testing scheme  are available via the Department of Communities and Justice.