| (1) | The district health manager must ensure that health care providers, the case, contact or carrier comply with the specified disease prevention, management and control measures stipulated in the national department guidelines. |
| (2) | Where animal and environmental control is required, the district health manager must ensure that the necessary stakeholders are informed of, and involved in, the prevention and control of such a notifiable medical condition in line with the national department guidelines and procedures. |
| (3) | The head of an institution, including but not limited to a training or education institution, a care or residential institution, a correctional services institution, who is aware or reasonably suspects that a person at the institution— |
| (a) | is a case or carrier of a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Tables 1 and 2 or a medical condition deemed to be notifiable by the Minister; or |
| (b) | was in contact with a carrier or case of a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Tables 1 and 2 or a medical condition deemed to be notifiable by the Minister, |
must immediately report this to the health care provider within the institution or to the nearest health establishment who must notify the notifiable medical condition as stipulated in Annexure A, Tables 1 and 2.
| (4) | The head of a provincial department must ensure the implementation of public health measures and response in order to prevent transmission, including closure of the institution should circumstances require. |
| (5) | Any member of the community, including community health workers, local leaders, traditional or religious leaders, who is aware or reasonably suspects that a person in the community— |
| (a) | is a case or carrier of a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Tables 1 and 2 or a medical condition deemed to be notifiable by the Minister; or |
| (b) | was in contact with a carrier or case of a notifiable medical condition listed in Annexure A, Tables 1 and 2 or a medical condition deemed to be notifiable by the Minister, |
must immediately report this to the nearest health establishment who must notify the notifiable medical condition as stipulated in Annexure A, Tables 1 and 2.
