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PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SECT 135

Non-compellability of health service providers

135 Non-compellability of health service providers

(1) A health service provider is entitled to refuse to give any document or information, or answer any question, in relation to an investigation of, or prosecution for, an offence against this Act on the ground that it would disclose information gained in providing a health service.
(2) In this section—

"health service" means—
(a) a service genuinely provided to a person for the benefit of human health; or
(b) a health service under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 .

"health service provider" means—
(a) a health practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) ; or
(b) another person who provides a health service; or
(c) an employee of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .



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