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HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 134ZP

Offence of unauthorised access to Electronic Patient Health Information Sharing System

    (1)     A person must not knowingly access the Electronic Patient Health Information Sharing System unless the person is authorised under this Part to access the Electronic Patient Health Information Sharing System.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if—

        (a)     the person is authorised or required by or under this Act or any other Act to access the Electronic Patient Health Information Sharing System; or

        (b)     the person is required to access the Electronic Patient Health Information Sharing System by law.

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), "any other Act" does not include the Health Privacy Principles in the Health Records Act 2001 or Part 3 or Part 5 of that Act.

S. 134ZQ inserted by No. 4/2023 s. 4.



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