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HEALTHCARE IDENTIFIERS ACT 2010 - SECT 21

Collection, use and disclosure--assigning a healthcare identifier to a healthcare provider

    An entity mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table, is authorised to take action of the kind described in column 2 of that item with information of the kind described in column 3 of that item in the circumstances described in column 4 of that item.

 

Collection, use and disclosure for the purpose of assigning a healthcare identifier to a healthcare provider

Item

Column 1

Entity

Column 2

Permitted action

Column 3

Information

Column 4

Circumstances

1

service operator

collect from:

(a) the Chief Executive Medicare; or

(b) the Veterans' Affairs Department; or

(c) the Defence Department

use

identifying information of a healthcare provider

the collection or use is for the purpose of assigning a healthcare identifier to the healthcare provider

2

Chief Executive Medicare

Veterans' Affairs Department

Defence Department

use

disclose to the service operator

identifying information of a healthcare provider

the use or disclosure is for the purpose of assisting the service operator to assign a healthcare identifier to the healthcare provider

3

service operator

collect from a healthcare provider

use

information requested by the service operator under section   9B

the collection or use is for the purpose of assigning a healthcare identifier to the healthcare provider



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