Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2000 - REG 47

    (1)     The chief health officer may disclose information on the cancer register about a cancer patient whose usual place of residence is in a State or another Territory to the person responsible for maintaining a cancer registry (if any) established under a law of the State or other Territory.

    (2)     The chief health officer may disclose information on the cancer register to a person, approved in writing by the Minister, who is engaged in—

        (a)     the collection of cancer statistics; or

        (b)     medical research.

    (3)     The chief health officer may otherwise only disclose information on the cancer register to a person if the information is disclosed in a way that it is not possible to identify—

        (a)     the person to whom the information relates; or

        (b)     the doctor who attended the person; or

        (c)     the laboratory, hospital or nursing home who notified the chief health officer of the person's cancer.