Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

This section applies to a decision by the service operator not to assign a healthcare identifier to a healthcare provider under paragraph 9(1)(a).

This section does not apply to a decision to assign a healthcare identifier to a healthcare recipient under paragraph 9(1)(b), or a decision by a national registration authority not to assign a healthcare identifier to an individual healthcare provider under subsection 9(2).

The service operator must give written notice of the decision to a person whose interests are affected by the decision, including a statement:

that the person may apply to the service operator to reconsider the decision; and

of the person’s rights to seek review under subsection (8) of a reconsidered decision.

A failure of the service operator to comply with subsection (2) does not affect the validity of the decision.

A person whose interests are affected by the decision may, by written notice to the service operator within 28 days after receiving notice of the decision, ask the service operator to reconsider the decision.

A request under subsection (4) must mention the reasons for making the request.

The service operator must:

reconsider the decision within 28 days after receiving the request; and

give to the person who requested the reconsideration written notice of the result of the reconsideration and of the grounds for the result.

The notice must include a statement that the person may apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of the reconsideration.

A person may apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal for a review of a decision of the service operator made under subsection (6).