New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (GENERAL) REGULATION 2002 - REG 10

10 Protection of identity-exceptions

(1) For the purposes of section 17 (1) (b) of the Act, the prescribed exception exists when the patient:

(a) is receiving hospital services or other health services provided by a public hospital, or

(b) is a patient within the meaning of the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988 , or

(c) consents to the disclosure of his or her name and address in the communication.

(2) For the purposes of section 17 (3) (e) of the Act, information may be disclosed by a person to the Director-General if the person has reasonable grounds to believe that failure to provide the information could place the health of the public at risk.