21Additional needs resident health records

21 Additional needs resident health records

21 Additional needs resident health records

The additional needs resident health records to be kept in relation to the health of each additional needs resident of an authorised boarding house are each of the following—

(a) any written authorisation for the administration of any medication to the resident by a member of staff, and any medical practitioner’s or nurse practitioner’s instructions relating to its administration,

(b) if any medication is administered to the resident on the premises of the boarding house by a member of staff of the boarding house or a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner—

(i) the name of the medication, and

(ii) the date, time and dosage administered, and

(iii) the names and signatures of the persons who checked the dosage and administered the medication,

(c) any written particulars provided by the resident or a person responsible for the resident advising the authorised operator or manager that the resident suffers from allergies, epilepsy, asthma or any other specified medical condition and of the treatment to be given if the resident appears to be severely physically affected by the condition,

(d) any written consent to the carrying out of medical treatment on the resident given by a guardian of the resident,

(e) the nature and circumstances (including the date and time) of any significant injury to the resident or illness of the resident while he or she resides in the authorised boarding house,

(f) particulars of treatment given to the resident if the resident is injured or becomes ill while he or she resides in the authorised boarding house,

(g) if the resident dies while he or she resides in the authorised boarding house, the details surrounding the resident’s death.

Note.

Section 23 of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 provides that a private sector person is not required to comply with a requirement of Part 4 of that Act if non-compliance is otherwise permitted (or is necessarily implied or reasonably contemplated) under an Act or any other law. Similar provision is made in respect of a number of Health Privacy Principles set out in Schedule 1 to that Act, including in relation to the disclosure of health information under Principle 11.