Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is one area that I certainly am concerned with and I am going to be looking into. The applications that require a person to identify any communicable diseases they have, at the time of initial application, may be a problem. Often, with HIV, it is not known for many, many years that the individual has it, and perhaps at the time of application there is no knowledge of any type of infection, and because of the incubation period something like that can take a rather lengthy time and only be discovered afterwards; however, the individual making the application in all sincerity has answered the question then. Perhaps there could be some form of legislation that will require a person, upon discovery or identification of a communicable disease such as HIV, to update the application and thereby we will have a better chance of informing the public on such matters.
Tony Whitford on Question O260-12(2): Guarantees To Patients Re Medical Practitioners Reporting Communicable Diseases
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 1992. See this statement in context.
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Question O260-12(2): Guarantees To Patients Re Medical Practitioners Reporting Communicable Diseases
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 3rd, 1992
Page 263
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