HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2002 - SECT 75A
Regulations with respect to healthcare identifiers
HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2002 - SECT 75A
Regulations with respect to healthcare identifiers
(1) Without limiting
section 75, regulations may be made for or with respect to
healthcare identifiers.
(2) In particular, the regulations may specify the
circumstances in which a person may or may not use or disclose a
healthcare identifier.
(3) A person who uses or discloses a
healthcare identifier in contravention of a regulation made under subsection
(2) is guilty of an offence. : Maximum penalty-- (a) 600 penalty units in the
case of a body corporate, or
(b) 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2
years, or both, in any other case.
