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According to the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance it is a legal requirement for every Medical Officer to notify notifiable diseases given in column I to the proper authority.

These diseases should be notified on the basis of a provisional diagnosis (on a clinical diagnosis without waiting for laboratory confirmation).

Any person who contravenes this regulation can be prosecuted in the magistrates court.

Notification should be made according to instruction given in column III (telephone/fax/notification card Form Health 544/for T.B. Form Health 816).

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