Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 210

210 Disclosure of information to entities performing relevant functions

(1) An administrator may disclose confidential information to the following—

(a) a coroner investigating the death of a person under the Coroners Act 2003 ;

(b) the health ombudsman conducting an investigation under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ;

(c) a law enforcement agency for the purposes of detecting, preventing, investigating or prosecuting an offence involving medicinal cannabis;

(d) the APVMA for performing its functions under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 (Cwlth) or the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 (Cwlth) ;

(e) the Therapeutic Goods Administration for performing its functions under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cwlth) ;

(f) another Commonwealth or State entity for performing its functions relating to—

(i) services provided by health practitioners; or

(ii) the regulation of health practitioners; or

(iii) the administration of a corresponding law; or

(iv) the Food Act 2006 , the Food Production (Safety) Act 2000 , or a law of another jurisdiction that provides for the same or similar matters as those Acts.

(2) However, an administrator may disclose confidential information to an entity under subsection (1) only if the administrator is satisfied—

(a) the confidential information will be collected, stored and used by the entity to which it is disclosed in a way that protects, to the extent practicable, the privacy of the persons to whom the information relates; and

(b) the provision of the confidential information to the entity is necessary for the entity to exercise its functions.

(3) In this section—

"APVMA" means the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority continued in existence by the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 (Cwlth) , section 6.