Collection, use and disclosure—establishing and maintaining a record of healthcare identifiers for healthcare providers
22 Collection, use and disclosure—establishing and maintaining a record of healthcare identifiers for healthcare providers
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 establishing and maintaining a record of healthcare identifiers for healthcare providers | ||||
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Item | Column 1 Entity | Column 2 Permitted action | Column 3 Information | Column 4 Circumstances |
1 | a national registration authority | use disclose to the service operator | healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider information that relates to the healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider | the use or disclosure is: (a) for the purposes of assisting the service operator to establish and maintain a record mentioned in section 10 (a record of healthcare identifiers assigned and other matters, such as requests made to the service operator to disclose those identifiers); or (b) for a purpose relating to the Healthcare Provider Directory |
1A | a professional body a registration authority | collect from the service operator use disclose to the service operator | healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider information that relates to the healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider | the collection, use or disclosure is: (a) for the purposes of assisting the service operator to establish and maintain a record mentioned in section 10 (a record of healthcare identifiers assigned and other matters, such as requests made to the service operator to disclose those identifiers); or (b) for a purpose relating to the Healthcare Provider Directory |
2 | service operator | collect from a registration authority or a professional body use | healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider information that relates to the healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider | the collection or use is: (a) for the purposes of assisting the service operator to establish and maintain a record mentioned in section 10 (a record of healthcare identifiers assigned and other matters, such as requests made to the service operator to disclose those identifiers); or (b) for a purpose relating to the Healthcare Provider Directory |
4 | Service operator | collect from the Aged Care Department, the National Disability Insurance Agency or an entity prescribed by the regulations use | healthcare identifier of a healthcare support service provider identifying information of a healthcare support service provider | the use or disclosure is for the purposes of assisting the service operator to establish and maintain a record mentioned in section 10 (a record of healthcare identifiers assigned and other matters, such as requests made to the service operator to disclose those identifiers) |
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