HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 156 Disclosure to health ombudsman

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 156

156 Disclosure to health ombudsman

A designated person or prescribed health professional may disclose confidential information to the health ombudsman for the purpose of—

(a) making, or giving information about, a complaint under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 or the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) ; or

(b) answering questions or otherwise giving information as part of an investigation under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 about a person who is or was a health service provider under that Act; or

(c) giving the health ombudsman information about health services; or

(d) giving the health ombudsman aggregated data, including data that identifies persons, about complaint management, patient safety or another matter relating to the quality of health services.