Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Records Act 2001 - SECT 15

Publicly available health information

15. Publicly available health information



(1) Nothing in this Act or in any HPP applies to a document containing health
information, or to the health information contained in a document, that is-

   (a)  a generally available publication unless the health information has
        been obtained by contravention of this Act and the organisation which
        seeks to rely on this exemption knows of the contravention; or

   (b)  kept in a library, art gallery or museum for the purposes of
        reference, study or exhibition; or



   (c)  a public record under the control of the Keeper of Public Records that
        is available for public inspection in accordance with the
        Public Records Act 1973; or

   (d)  archives within the meaning of the Copyright Act 1968 of the
        Commonwealth.

(2) Nothing in this Act or in any HPP applies to health information that is
generally available to members of the public unless the health information has
been obtained by contravention of this Act and the organisation which seeks to
rely on this exemption knows of the contravention.