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Collection, use and disclosure—assigning a healthcare identifier to a healthcare recipient

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Part 3Collection, use and disclosure of healthcare identifiers, identifying information and other information
Division 2Healthcare recipients

12 Collection, use and disclosure—assigning a healthcare identifier to a healthcare recipient

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 recipient

Item

Column 1

Entity

Column 2

Permitted action

Column 3

Information

Column 4

Circumstances

1

identified healthcare provider

health administration entity

use

disclose to the service operator

identifying information of a healthcare recipient

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

2

Chief Executive Medicare

Veterans’ Affairs Department

Defence Department

use

disclose to the service operator

identifying information of a healthcare recipient

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

3

service operator

collect from:

(a) an identified healthcare provider; or

(aa) a health administration entity; or

(b) the Chief Executive Medicare; or

(c) the Veterans’ Affairs Department; or

(d) the Defence Department

use

identifying information of a healthcare recipient

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

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