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Health Records Act 2001
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24 Disallowance by Governor in Council
The Governor in Council may at any time, by notice published in the Government Gazette, disallow a decision of the Health Complaints Commissioner to issue, approve or vary guidelines or to revoke an issue or approval of guidelines.
Part 5—Access to health information
Division 1—Right of access
25 Right of access
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an individual has a right of access, in accordance with this Part and HPP 6, to health information relating to the individual held[[1]](#endnote-1) by a health service provider or any other organisation.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to all health information collected on or after the commencement of this section.
(3) Subsection (1) also applies to the following health information collected before the commencement of this section—
(a) a history of the health, an illness or a disability of the individual; or
(b) any findings on an examination of the individual in relation to the health, an illness or a disability of the individual; or
(c) the results of an investigation into the health, an illness or a disability of the individual; or
(d) a diagnosis, or preliminary diagnosis, of an illness or disability of the individual; or
(e) a plan of management, or proposed plan of management, of the treatment or care of an illness or disability of the individual; or
(f) action taken or services provided (whether or not in accordance with a plan of management) by or under the direction or referral of a health service provider in relation to the individual; or
(g) personal information about the individual collected in connection with the donation, or intended donation, by the individual of his or her body parts, organs or body substances; or
(h) genetic information about an individual in a form which is or could be predictive of the health, at any time, of the individual or of any of his or her descendants.
S. 26 amended by No. 22/2016 s. 185.