JULY 9.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

4. (1.) Every person suffering from gonorrhoea shall be deemed
   to suffer from such disease in a communicable form unless the following
   conditions obtain, namely:

(a.) That the affected parts have been entirely free from inflammation for at least one month; and
(b.) That a bacteriologist or other person approved for the purpose
by the Director-General has reported that a microscopical
examination as hereinafter provided of the discharges from
the sexual organs of the patient has failed to show the
presence of Gram-negative diplococci resembling the gonococcus.

(2.) Where the person suffering from gonorrhoea is a male, the
discharges to be examined as hereinbefore provided shall include—
(a.) Specimens from the secretion of the urethra, taken both before
and after the administration of massage to the prostate
gland;
(b.) A specimen from the urinary sediment obtained after the
administration of massage to the prostate gland.

(3.) Where the person suffering from gonorrhoea is a female, the
discharges to be examined as aforesaid shall include—
(a.) A specimen from the the secretion of the urethra;
(b.) A specimen from the secretion of the cervical canal; and
(c.) A specimen from the secretion of the vulva.

(4.) For the purposes of the microscopical examination to be made
as aforesaid, at least two specimens of each of the classes of specimens
referred to in subclauses (2) and (3) hereof shall be taken at an interval
of not less than one week.

5. Every person suffering from soft chancre shall be deemed to
   suffer from such disease in a communicable form unless the lesions
   have completely healed.

NOTIFICATIONS IN CASES WHERE PATIENTS FAIL TO CONTINUE TO
ATTEND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

6. (1.) It shall be the duty of every medical practitioner or
   Medical Officer of any hospital who has been treating any person
   suffering from any venereal disease in a communicable form to send
   to the Director-General a notice in the form No. 1 in the Schedule
   hereto, if such person fails for more than two weeks after the date
   fixed in that behalf by the medical practitioner or Medical Officer to
   attend for treatment, unless, to the knowledge of such medical practitioner or Medical Officer, he has in the meantime placed himself
   under treatment by some other qualified person.

(2.) For every notice as aforesaid given by a medical practitioner
(other than the Medical Officer of a hospital) there shall be paid out
of moneys appropriated by Parliament and available for the purpose
a fee of 3s. 6d.

(3.) Every notice given as aforesaid shall be marked “Confidential,”
and shall be forwarded to the Director-General in a sealed envelope
marked “Confidential.”

(4.) Every person who fails to comply with the requirements of
this regulation commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of £10.

DIRECTOR-GENERAL MAY REQUIRE SUSPECTED PERSON TO FURNISH CERTIFICATE.

7. (1.) Whenever the Director-General has reason to believe that
   any person is suffering from any venereal disease in a communicable
   form (whether or not a notice in respect of such person has been given
   as provided by the last preceding clause) he may give to such person
   a notice in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto, requiring him,
   within a time specified in the notice, to submit himself for examination to some medical practitioner, and to forward to the Director-General a medical certificate as to the state of his health in relation
   to venereal disease.

(2.) A certificate for the purposes of the last preceding subclause
may be obtained free of charge from the Medical Superintendent of
any public hospital, or from the Medical Officer in charge of any
venereal clinic established by any public hospital or by the Department of Health.

8. (1.) If a medical certificate, as required by the the last preceding
   clause, is not produced to the Director-General within the time limited by the notice, or if the certificate produced in any case does