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notifiable Definition

no·ti·fi·able (nōtə fī′ə bəl)

adjective

that must be reported to health authorities notifiable diseases

notifiable Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: We believe that Mr Taylor was right to question the desirability of making a disease notifiable without doing anything else.

Modifies a noun

  • disease: Power to order child likely to convey notifiable disease not to attend school.
  • offense: Twenty four offenses have been added to the list of notifiable offenses by the new rules.
  • pest: Some leaf miner species are notifiable insect pests, particularly on ornamental crops.
  • weed: The council now sprays only very occasionally, when it is necessary to eradicate ' notifiable weeds ' like the poisonous ragwort.
  • installation: Notifiable Installations: Installations defined by the Health and Safety Executive which handle or store hazardous substances.
  • transaction: A land transaction return form is required for all notifiable transaction within the scope of stamp duty land tax ( SDLT ).

Modifying Another Word

  • statutorily: Opt-out is not, however, possible for infections which are statutorily notifiable.
  • not: Other diseases - diseases which are not notifiable or zoonoses.
  • compulsorily: It is a compulsorily notifiable disease in the UK and any suspicion or confirmation of the disease should be immediately notified to Defra.

Used with adjective complement

  • make: BSE was made notifiable in June 1988 by the same Order that introduced the ruminant feed ban.
  • become: BSE became notifiable on 21 June 1988 and the slaughter and compensation program was introduced on 8 August 1988.