South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts43A—Exemption of records of health practitioner
(1) A record of a
health practitioner prepared or held in the course of, or for the purpose of,
that practitioner's work as a practitioner is exempted from distress for rent.
(2) If, prior to the
commencement of this section, a landlord distrained for rent a record of the
kind referred to in subsection (1), the landlord must—
(a)
unless a direction is given under paragraph (b), take reasonable steps to
return the record to the health practitioner to whose practice the record
relates; or
(b) if
directed to do so by the Minister for Health, deliver the record to a person
nominated by the Minister for Health.