218Disclosure of information for information management and communication purposes

218 Disclosure of information for information management and communication purposes

218 Disclosure of information for information management and communication purposes

(1) A person may disclose protected information to an information management agency if the disclosure is in accordance with an authorisation given by the Ministerial Council under subsection (2).

(2) The Ministerial Council may authorise the disclosure of protected information to an information management agency if the Council is satisfied—

(a) the protected information will be collected, stored and used by the information management agency in a way that ensures the privacy of the persons to whom it relates is protected; and

(b) the provision of the protected information to the information management agency is necessary to enable the agency to exercise its functions.

(3) An authorisation under subsection (2)—

(a) may apply to protected information generally or a class of protected information; and

(b) may be subject to conditions.

(4) In this section—

information management agency means a Commonwealth, State or Territory agency that has functions relating to the identification of health practitioners for information management and communication purposes, including, for example, the National E-health Transition Authority.