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