Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 291

291 Restriction on disclosure of information

(1) A person given health information held by a health agency under this part must not disclose the information, whether directly or indirectly.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) the disclosure is to a person named in a notice under section 284 (3) or 286 as a person who will be given the information for the research; or

(b) the disclosure is made with the written consent of the person to whom the information relates; or

(c) the disclosure is made in a form the person reasonably believes could not identify any person; or

(d) the disclosure is authorised under an Act or another law.

(3) The Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 142 , does not apply to a person in relation to information given to the person under this part for research.