HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 139 Definitions for pt 7
HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 139
Definitions for pt 7139 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" ...