Health Records and Information Privacy Regulation 2022
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5 Chaplaincy services
5 Chaplaincy services
(1) For the Act, Schedule 1, clauses 10(1)(k) and 11(1)(l), a public health organisation may use or disclose health information for the secondary purpose of providing the service of an accredited chaplain in a public hospital or health institution controlled by the public health organisation.
(2) Subsection (1) applies only if the individual to whom the health information relates would reasonably expect the public health organisation to use or disclose the health information for the secondary purpose.
(3) Subsection (1) applies only to the disclosure of health information if the disclosure is made to an accredited chaplain for the public hospital or health institution.