Western Australian Current Acts

HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES (COMPLAINTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 68A

68A .         Disclosure of information to other Commonwealth, State or Territory entities

        (1)         In this section —

        protected information means information that comes to the knowledge of the Director or a member of the staff of the Office in the course of, or because of, exercising functions under this Act;

        relevant entity means —

            (a)         the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency established under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) ; or

            (b)         a registration board; or

            (c)         another entity of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory that has functions similar to functions of the Director.

        (2)         In exercising functions under this Act, the Director may disclose protected information to a relevant entity if the Director is satisfied that —

            (a)         the protected information will be collected, stored and used by the relevant entity in a way that ensures the privacy of the persons to whom it relates is protected; and

            (b)         the provision of the protected information to the relevant entity is necessary to enable the relevant entity to exercise the entity’s functions.

        (3)         If the Director makes an interim prohibition order or a prohibition order in relation to a health care worker, the Director may give a copy of the order to a relevant entity.

        [Section 68A inserted: No. 35 of 2022 s. 39.]