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HEALTHCARE IDENTIFIERS ACT 2010 - SECT 23

Collection, use and disclosure--providing healthcare

    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 providing healthcare

Item

Column 1

Entity

Column 2

Permitted action

Column 3

Information

Column 4

Circumstances

1

identified healthcare provider

use

disclose to the service operator

identifying information of a healthcare provider

the use or disclosure is for the purpose of assisting the healthcare provider to communicate or manage health information, as part of providing healthcare to a healthcare recipient

2

service operator

collect from an identified healthcare provider

identifying information of a healthcare provider

the collection is for the purpose of assisting the healthcare provider to communicate or manage health information, as part of providing healthcare to a healthcare recipient

3

service operator

use

disclose to an identified healthcare provider

healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider

the use or disclosure is for the purpose of assisting the healthcare provider to communicate or manage health information, as part of providing healthcare to a healthcare recipient

4

identified healthcare provider

collect from the service operator

healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider

the collection is for the purpose of communicating or managing health information, as part of providing healthcare to a healthcare recipient

5

healthcare provider

collect from another healthcare provider

use

disclose to another healthcare provider

healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider

the collection, use or disclosure is the purpose of communicating or managing health information, as part of providing healthcare to a healthcare recipient



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