Notification of cases of food poisoning

(1) If a registered medical practitioner becomes aware, or suspects, that a patient whom he is attending within the district of any local authority is suffering from food poisoning, he shall forthwith send to the medical officer of health of that district a certificate stating– (a) the name, age and sex of the patient, and the address of the premises where the patient is; and (b) particulars of the food poisoning from which he is, or is suspected to be, suffering, and also stating whether the case occurs in the private practice of the practitioner, or in his practice as medical officer of a public body or institution. (2) A local authority shall pay to a registered medical practitioner for each certificate duly sent by him under sub- section (1), to its medical officer of health a fee of two dollars if the case occurs in his private practice, and a fee of one dollar if it occurs in his practice as medical officer of any public body or institution. (3) The acceptance by a medical practitioner of a fee under this section shall not subject him to disqualification from being a member of any authority or holding any other public office.