Collection, use and disclosure—providing healthcare
23 Collection, use and disclosure—providing healthcare
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 providing healthcare | ||||
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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 provider | the use or disclosure is for the purpose of: (a) assisting the healthcare provider to communicate or manage health information or information about support services, as part of providing healthcare or support services to a healthcare recipient; or (b) health administration |
2 | service operator | collect from an identified healthcare provider or a health administration entity | identifying information of a healthcare provider | the collection is for the purpose of: (a) assisting the healthcare provider to communicate or manage health information or information about support services, as part of providing healthcare or support services to a healthcare recipient; or (b) health administration |
3 | service operator | use disclose to an identified healthcare provider or a health administration entity | healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider | the use or disclosure is for the purpose of: (a) assisting the healthcare provider to communicate or manage health information or information about support services, as part of providing healthcare or support services to a healthcare recipient; or (b) health administration |
4 | identified healthcare provider health administration entity | collect from the service operator | healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider | the use or disclosure is for the purpose of: (a) assisting the healthcare provider to communicate or manage health information or information about support services, as part of providing healthcare or support services to a healthcare recipient; or (b) health administration |
5 | identified healthcare provider health administration entity | collect use disclose to another entity | healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider identifying information of a healthcare provider | the collection, use or disclosure is for the purpose of: (a) communicating or managing health information or information about support services, as relating to healthcare or support services to a healthcare recipient; or (b) health administration; or (c) the provision of indemnity cover for a healthcare provider; or (d) communicating or managing health information or information about support services provided to a healthcare recipient, as part of the conduct of research that has been approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee or under another Australian law |
6 | an entity to which the healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider has been disclosed under item 5 | collect use disclose to another entity | healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider identifying information of a healthcare provider | the collection, use or disclosure is for the purpose for which the information was disclosed under column 4 of item 5 |
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