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Collection, use and disclosure—providing healthcare

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

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

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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