Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) The Chief Health
Officer may authorise the disclosure of information contained on the register
—
(a) if
it is not reasonably practicable to obtain the written consent of the person
to whom the information relates, for the purpose of providing a clinical
history of the person to —
(i)
a medical practitioner, dentist, Aboriginal health worker
or nurse who is treating, or has treated, the person; or
(ii)
a member of the staff at a hospital, medical centre or
medical practice where a person referred to in subparagraph (i) is
employed or practices;
or
(b) for
the purposes of research approved in accordance with guidelines for the
conduct of medical research involving humans issued in compliance with the
National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 (Commonwealth)
section 10; or
(c) to
the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare if the Chief Health Officer is
satisfied that the information is to be used solely for a purpose mentioned in
regulation 13(4); or
(d) to a
corresponding officer in another State or a Territory, if the Chief Health
Officer is satisfied that —
(i)
the usual place of residence of the person to whom the
information relates is, was or will be in that State or Territory; or
(ii)
the person has no usual place of residence and has been
diagnosed with, or treated for, acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart
disease in Western Australia;
or
(e) to
the National Coordination Unit for the purposes of inclusion in the national
data collection system administered by that unit.
(2) However,
identifying information about the person cannot be disclosed under
subregulation (1)(a) or (d) if the person, under
regulation 17(1), has requested that there be only limited disclosure of
any identifying information on the register about the person.
(3) The Chief Health
Officer may also authorise the disclosure of any information on the register,
other than identifying information, for a purpose mentioned in
regulation 13(4).
(4) An authorisation
under this regulation must be in writing and may apply generally or to a
specific case or class of cases.
[Regulation 15 amended: Gazette 10 Jan 2017
p. 278-9.]