New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATION PRIVACY REGULATION 2006 - REG 2B

2B Health information may be used or disclosed for purpose of chaplaincy services

For the purposes of clauses 10 (1) (k) and 11 (1) (l) of Schedule 1 to the Act, an organisation may use or disclose health information for a secondary purpose if:

(a) the organisation is a public health organisation, and

(b) the secondary purpose is the service of an accredited chaplain in a public hospital or health institution that is controlled by the organisation, and

(c) in the case of a disclosure-the person to whom the disclosure is made is an accredited chaplain for the hospital or institution, and

(d) the individual to whom the health information relates would reasonably expect the organisation to use or disclose the information for the secondary purpose.