Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(2) A health practitioner shall not attach a refusal of consent marker to a pathology request form unless the woman from whom the cervical smear or cervical material is taken informs the practitioner that she does not want her registrable particulars registered.
(3) The person responsible for the day-to-day control of a laboratory shall, as soon as practicable after the examination of a cervical smear or of cervical material, cause the related registrable particulars to be sent to the Medical Officer of Health unless a refusal of consent marker is attached to the relevant pathology request form.