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Ambulance Service Act 1991
sec.50MDisclosure to health ombudsman
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### sec.50M Disclosure to health ombudsman
A designated officer may disclose confidential information to the health ombudsman for a purpose of the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 , including for the purpose of—
making, or giving information about, a health service complaint under that Act; or
answering questions or otherwise giving information as part of an investigation under that Act; or
giving aggregated data, including data that identifies persons, about complaint management, patient safety or another matter relating to the quality of health services.
Also, a designated officer may disclose confidential information to the health ombudsman for the purpose of making, or giving information about, a complaint or notification under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) .
s 50M ins 2008 No. 64 s 11
sub 2013 No. 36 s 331 sch 1
amd 2017 No. 32 s 85 ; 2022 No. 1 s 117 s ch 1 pt 2
(sec.50M-ssec.1) A designated officer may disclose confidential information to the health ombudsman for a purpose of the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 , including for the purpose of— making, or giving information about, a health service complaint under that Act; or answering questions or otherwise giving information as part of an investigation under that Act; or giving aggregated data, including data that identifies persons, about complaint management, patient safety or another matter relating to the quality of health services.
(sec.50M-ssec.2) Also, a designated officer may disclose confidential information to the health ombudsman for the purpose of making, or giving information about, a complaint or notification under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) .
- (a) making, or giving information about, a health service complaint under that Act; or
- (b) answering questions or otherwise giving information as part of an investigation under that Act; or
- (c) giving aggregated data, including data that identifies persons, about complaint management, patient safety or another matter relating to the quality of health services.