Medical conditions

• HIV infection
• Hepatitis B surface antigen positive, with abnormal liver function
• Hepatitis C, RNA positive, with abnormal liver function
• Malignancies of solid organs and haematopoietic tissue, including past history of, or currently under treatment

  Exceptions are:

  1. treated minor skin malignancies (not melanoma)
  2. malignancies where the interval since treatment is such that the probability of cure is > 90%, e.g.: early stage (I & IIA) breast cancer at 5 years; low risk prostate cancer at 5 years; early stage (Dukes A & B1) colorectal cancer at 5 years; childhood leukaemia at 5 years
• Solid organ transplants, excluding corneal grafts more than 6 months old
• Chronic renal failure or progressive renal disorders
• Diseases or disorders such as osteoarthritis with a high probability of arthroplasty in the next four years
• Central Nervous System disease, including motor neurone disease, complex partial seizures, poorly controlled epilepsy, prion disease, Alzheimer’s and other dementia, and including paraplegia and quadriplegia
• Cardiac disease including ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy or valve disease requiring surgical and/or other procedural intervention
• Chronic obstructive respiratory disease with limited exercise tolerance and requiring oxygen
• Genetic or congenital disorders: muscular dystrophies, cystic fibrosis, thalassaemia major, sickle cell anaemia if more than one sickle crisis in 4 years, severe haemophilia, and severe primary immunodeficiencies
• Severe autoimmune disease, currently being treated with immuno-suppressants other than prednisone
• In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe (71-90 decibels) hearing loss or profound bilateral sensori-neural hearing loss
• In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe vision impairment with visual acuity of 6/36 or beyond after best possible correction, or a loss restricting the field of vision to 15-20 degrees
• In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe physical disability, where they are unable to stand and walk without support, and cannot independently dress, eat, hold a cup, or maintain their stability when sitting.

Effective 28/11/2005