Duty to maintain confidentiality
7 Duty to maintain confidentiality
A prescribed practitioner must not disclose confidential information acquired in the course of being a prescribed practitioner except—
with the consent of the person to whom the duty of confidentiality is owed, or
where the disclosure is otherwise authorised or required by law.
A prescribed practitioner must not use confidential information acquired in the course of being a prescribed practitioner to secure an improper benefit for the prescribed practitioner or a relative or close associate of the prescribed practitioner.
A prescribed practitioner must take all reasonable steps to ensure that confidential information acquired in the course of being a prescribed practitioner, including in relation to a client, is held securely by the prescribed practitioner.
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