s 45

Restricted medical treatment records

In force

(1)

This section applies to a relevant record created in relation to restricted medical treatment or urgent restricted medical treatment undertaken on a prescribed person.

(2)

Despite anything to the contrary in the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 or the Territory Records Act 2002, the relevant record must be kept until the later of—

(a)

the prescribed person’s 45th birthday; or

(b)

7 years after the day the record is made.

(3)

In this section:

health record—see the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997, dictionary.

relevant record—

(a)

means a health record; and

(b)

includes—

(i)

an approval for a treatment plan; and

(ii)

an application for an internal review under section 37 and the internally reviewable decision; and

(iii)

an application for a review by the ACAT under section 41 and the decision under section 42; and

(iv)

a report under section 43.

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