Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Western Australia.

  • Western Australia. Public Health Department
Date:
[1982]
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Credit: Report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Western Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEALTH ACT (MIDWIFERY NURSES) REGULATIONS These regulations repealed the previous Midwives Regulations 1976 and were gazetted on 24 December 19820 The new regulations modernise the previous regulations relating to administration procedures, ante-natal care of patients, duties before confinement/ anaesthetics, drugs, care during confinement, new notification forms in Schedule 1 and Factors of Risk in Schedule 20 PESTICIDE REGULATIONS 1. Increases in fees payable for licensing of pesticide operators, firms and registration of pesticides was gazetted on 22 January, 1982. 2. An addition to Schedule B, gazetted on 29 January 1982 set the maximum permitted dioxin content of 2,4,5-T Acid, its salts etc0 at 0.Img per kg. 3. Amendments gazetted 16 July 1982 specified the limits of the use of pesticides as a cereal seed dressing, the use and handling of sodium fluoroacetate, the display of a commercial pesticide firm's name, registration number and date registered on the firm's vehicles. Schedule B to the regulations was also amended by deleting fluoracetic acid and including Trifluralin0 4* The addition to Schedule B for 2,4,5-T Acid was amended on 24 December 1982 to lower the maximum permitted dioxin content to 0.01 mg per kg a HEALTH ACT (SWIMMING POOLS) REGULATIONS This amendment was published on 22 October 1982 and authorises the regulations to have effect in every district within the State. TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS These regulations were reprinted on 16 September 1982, to amalgamate all amendmentso They stipulate the conditions, restrictions and limitations on the sale, supply, use and possession of toxic substances and items containing these substances. HEALTH (VENEREAL DISEASES) REGULATIONS The following regulations were added on 4 June 1982: 1. Regulation 2B prescribing the non-infectious stages of syphilis as conditions of health to which Part 1XA of the Act applies. 2. Regulation 2C requires that all medical practitioners will notify cases of venereal disease to the Commissioner who shall then pay $1 to the notifying medical practitioner.
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