Health Services (Information) Regulations 2017

For the purposes of section 220(1), the collection, use or disclosure of information is authorised in the following circumstances —

the collection, use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to lessen or prevent a serious risk to the life, health or safety of any individual;

the collection, use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to lessen or prevent a real or immediate risk of danger to the public;

the collection, use or disclosure is for a purpose specified in a written agreement between the State and the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory entered into by a Minister of the State or the Department CEO;

the collection, use or disclosure is for the purposes of, or in connection with, obtaining legal advice or representation on behalf of —

the Department CEO or the State; or

a health service provider; or

an individual who is or was a staff member of a health service provider if the individual is indemnified by the State in respect of liability incurred by the individual as a staff member of the health service provider;

the collection, use or disclosure is for the purposes of, or in connection with, an application to the State Administration Tribunal for a guardianship order or an administration order under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990.

For the purposes of section 220(1), the disclosure of information is also authorised in the following circumstances —

the disclosure is to an individual who is or was a staff member of a health service provider for the purposes of the individual’s compliance with reporting requirements under another law;

the information relates to an individual who is deceased and the disclosure is in response to a written request from —

a coroner, a coroner’s registrar, a coroner’s investigator or a member of the staff of a coroner’s court in connection with an investigation into the death of the individual; or

a medical practitioner who is performing a post mortem on the body of the individual at the direction of a coroner.