Queensland Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND HOSPITALS NETWORK ACT 2011 No. 32 - SECT 156

A designated person may disclose confidential information if the disclosure is to the Health Quality and Complaints Commission for the purpose of—

(a) making, or giving information about, a complaint about a provider of health services; or

(b) answering questions or otherwise giving information as part of an investigation under the Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006 about a person who is or was a provider of health services; or

(c) giving the commission information about health services including information requested by the commission under the Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006, section 21; or

Note—

Under the Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006, section 21 the commission may ask a provider for reports, records or other information relating to the quality of health services provided by or for the provider.

(d) giving the commission aggregated data, including data that identifies persons, about complaint management, patient safety or another matter relating to the quality of health services.