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HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 139 Definitions for pt 7

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 139

Definitions for pt 7

139 Definitions for pt 7

In this part—


"confidential information" means—

(a) information, acquired by a person in the person’s capacity as a designated person, from which a person who is receiving or has received a public sector health service could be identified; or
(b) information accessed by a prescribed health professional under section 161C (2) .

"designated person" see section 139A .


"external service provider" means an entity providing a health service under an agreement between the chief executive or a Service and the entity.


"guardian" , of a child, means a person who is recognised in law as having the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that, by law, parents have in relation to their children.


"information system" means a system for making, keeping and preserving records, whether paper-based, electronic or both, including records that contain confidential information.


"parent" see section 140 .


"prescribed health practitioner" ...


"prescribed health professional" means—
(a) a health professional, other than a person mentioned in section 139A (1) , who is prescribed by regulation; or
(b) a person who was a health professional mentioned in paragraph (a) .

"prescribed information system" means an information system prescribed by regulation.


"relevant health practitioner" ...