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4Definition of “health service”—the Act, s 4
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4 Definition of “health service”—the Act, s 4
4 Definition of “health service”—the Act, s 4
For the Act, section 4(1), definition of health service, paragraph (l), the following are prescribed—
(a) services provided by an accredited chaplain in a public hospital or health institution controlled by a public health organisation,
(b) research services conducted by or on behalf of the following—
(i) the Ministry of Health,
(ii) the Health Administration Corporation,
(iii) a public health organisation,
(iv) a public hospital,
(v) the Cancer Institute (NSW),
(c) research services conducted under an agreement with an organisation referred to in paragraph (b),
(d) services provided by the Centre for Health Record Linkage (CHeReL),
(e) services relating to the establishment and operation of the Single Digital Patient Record (the SDPR), including services to—
(i) provide and control access to the SDPR, and
(ii) create or manage records in or accessible via the SDPR, including archived records.
s 4: Am 2023 (642), Sch 1; 2025 (240), Sch 1.