Queensland Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND HOSPITALS NETWORK ACT 2011 No. 32 - SECT 139

In this part—

confidential information means information, acquired by a person in the person's capacity as a designated person, from which a person who is receiving or has received a public sector health service could be identified.

designated person means a person who is or was—

(a) a public service employee employed in the department; or

(b) a health service employee; or

(c) the chief health officer; or

(d) the director of mental health; or

(e) a health professional (other than a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d)) engaged in delivering a public sector health service, whether at a public sector health service facility or another place; or

(f) a member of a governing council of a network; or

(g) a person (other than a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b)) engaged temporarily to provide administrative support services for a network or the department; or

(h) a person being educated or trained at a public sector health service facility as part of the requirements for—

(i) registration, enrolment or other authorisation (however described) to practise as a health professional; or

(ii) completion of a course of study qualifying a person for registration, enrolment or authorisation mentioned in subparagraph (i); or

(i) a person providing education or training at a public sector health service facility to a person mentioned in paragraph (h); or

(j) a contractor who accesses confidential information under a contract to provide information and communication technology or information management services to a network or the department; or

(k) a volunteer carrying out duties at a public sector health service facility on behalf of a network or the department; or

(l) an inspector; or

(m) another person prescribed under a regulation for this paragraph to be a designated person.

guardian, of a child, means a person who is recognised in law as having the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that, by law, parents have in relation to their children.

parent see section 140.