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MY HEALTH RECORDS ACT 2012 - SECT 99

Authorisations extend to employees etc.

    An authorisation under this Act to an entity (the first entity ) is also an authorisation of:

  (a)   an individual:

  (i)   who is an employee of the first entity; and

  (ii)   whose duties involve doing an act that is authorised in relation to the first entity; or

  (b)   a contracted service provider of a healthcare provider whose duties under a contract with a healthcare provider involve providing information technology services relating to the communication of health information, or health information management services, to the healthcare provider; or

  (c)   a person (the contractor ) performing services under a contract between the contractor and the first entity, if:

  (i)   the first entity is a participant in the My Health Record system, other than a registered healthcare provider organisation or a registered contracted service provider; and

  (ii)   the contract relates to the My Health Record system; or

  (d)   an individual:

  (i)   who is an employee of a contracted service provider to which paragraph   (b) applies or a contractor to which paragraph   (c) applies; and

  (ii)   whose duties relate to the contract mentioned in whichever of those paragraphs applies.



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