Healthcare Identifiers Regulations 2010
1 At the end of Part 3
Add:
(1) This regulation is made for the purposes of subsection 25D(1) of the Act.
(2) A healthcare provider is authorised to use, and to disclose to another entity, the healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider for the purpose of communicating or managing health information as part of:
(a) the provision of healthcare to a healthcare recipient; or
(b) the management (including the investigation or resolution of complaints), funding, monitoring or evaluation of healthcare.
(3) The other entity is authorised to collect, use or disclose the healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider for the purpose for which the healthcare identifier was disclosed to the entity under subregulation (2).
2 In the appropriate position in Schedule 1
Insert:
Part 2 -- Application provisions relating to the Healthcare Identifiers Amendment (Healthcare Identifiers of Healthcare Providers) Regulations 2017
In this Part:
"amending regulations " means the Healthcare Identifiers Amendment (Healthcare Identifiers of Healthcare Providers) Regulations 2017 .
(1) Regulation 9, as inserted by the amending regulations, applies to the use and disclosure of information on or after the day the amending regulations commence, regardless of whether the information was collected before, on or after that day.
(2) Subitem (1) does not limit the application of regulation 9.