Health Services Act 2016

In this section —

The following health information must be held in a health information management system —

health information collected by —

a health service provider or the Department CEO; or

if the health information was collected before 1 July 2016 by the CEO or a former public hospital to provide a former hospital service, the CEO or former public hospital;

health information collected by a contracted health entity to the extent that the health information —

relates to the provision of a public health service; and

is provided to the health service provider or the Department CEO in connection with the provision of that service;

health information provided in response to a request made under section 218(2).

The Department CEO may, for purposes relating to the provision of public health services and in accordance with the information policy framework, permit any of the following to have access to any health information that is held in a health information management system —

an employee in the Department;

a staff member of a health service provider;

a staff member of a contracted health entity.