49Disclosure of protected information for other purposes

#### 49 Disclosure of protected information for other purposes The CEO may disclose protected information: (a) if the CEO certifies, in writing, that it is necessary in the public interest to do so in a particular case—to such people and for such purposes as the CEO determines; and (b) to a person who is, in the opinion of the CEO, expressly or impliedly authorised by the person to whom the information relates to obtain it; and (c) to the Chief Executive Medicare for the purposes of payment of subsidies under the Aged Care Act 1997; and (d) if the CEO believes, on reasonable grounds, that disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious risk to the safety, health or well‑being of a care recipient—to such people as the CEO determines, for the purpose of preventing or lessening the risk; and (e) if the CEO believes, on reasonable grounds, that: (i) a person’s conduct breaches the standards of professional conduct of a profession of which the person is a member; and (ii) the person should be reported to a body responsible for standards of conduct in the profession; to that body, for the purposes of maintaining standards of professional conduct in the profession; and (f) if a person has temporarily taken over the provision of care through a particular service to care recipients—to the person for the purposes of enabling the person properly to provide that care; and (g) if the CEO believes, on reasonable grounds, that disclosure of the information is necessary for: (i) enforcement of the criminal law; or (ii) enforcement of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty; or (iii) protection of the public revenue; to an agency whose functions include that enforcement or protection, for the purposes of that enforcement or protection; and (h) to the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner, if the CEO believes, on reasonable grounds, that disclosure of the information is necessary to assist the Aged Care Complaints Commissioner to perform his or her functions under the Aged Care Act 1997; and (i) to the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner, if the CEO believes, on reasonable grounds, that disclosure of the information is necessary to assist the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner to perform his or her functions under the Aged Care Act 1997; and (j) to a person of a kind specified in the Quality Agency Principles, for the purposes specified in those Principles in relation to persons of that kind.