HEALTH RECORDS (PRIVACY AND ACCESS) ACT 1997 - SECT 3 Objects of Act

HEALTH RECORDS (PRIVACY AND ACCESS) ACT 1997 - SECT 3

The objects of this Act are—

        (a)     to provide for privacy rights in relation to personal health information; and

        (b)     to provide for the integrity of records containing personal health information; and

        (c)     to provide for access to personal health information contained in health records; and

        (d)     to provide for a consumer to receive an explanation of the consumer's personal health information; and

        (e)     to encourage agreement, concerning the exercise of a right or performance of an obligation under this Act, between the persons concerned.