if the purpose of the collection, use or disclosure is
to ensure that a patient of a member of the group practice receives quality
health care from members of the group practice.
(2) Nothing in HPP 15 applies
in respect of the keeping of combined or joint electronic records by members
of a group practice.
(3) In this section--
"group practice" means--
(a) a group of 2 or more individuals who each provide
a health service in the course of carrying on a business and who, by written
agreement--
(i) carry on the business at shared premises, and
(ii) maintain a
shared reception, and
(iii) maintain combined or joint records, or
(b) the
provision of a health service in accordance with such other arrangements or
associations between health service providers as may be prescribed by the
regulations for the purposes of this definition.