Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The service operator is authorised to assign a number ( a healthcare identifier ) to uniquely identify :
( a ) a healthcare provider to whom section 9A applies ; or
( 2 ) A national registration authority is authorised to assign a number (a healthcare identifier ) to uniquely identify a healthcare provider , if:
(a) th e healthcare provider is an individual who is a member of a particular health profession; and
(b) the national registration authority is responsible under a law for registering members of that health profession.
(3 ) The types of healthcare identifiers include :
(a) an identifier that is assigned to an individual healthcare provider; and
(b) an identifier that is assigned to a healthcare provider organisation; and
(c) an identifier that is assigned to a healthcare recipient.
Note: A sole practitioner may be assigned:
(a) a healthcare identifier of the type mentioned in paragraph ( 3 )( a ) ; and
(b) a different healthcare identifier of the type mentioned in paragraph ( 3 )( b ) .
( 4 ) In exercising a power under subsection ( 1), the service operator is not required to consider whether a healthcare provider or healthcare recipient agrees to having a healthcare identifier assigned to the healthcare provider or healthcare recipient .
(6) A healthcare identifier of a healthcare recipient or of an
individual healthcare provider is a government related identifier for the
purposes of the Privacy Act 1988 .