6Professional misconduct

6 Professional misconduct

6 Professional misconduct

(1) For the Act, Schedule 1, clauses 10(1)(k) and 11(1)(l), an organisation may use or disclose health information for a secondary purpose if—

(a) the organisation has reasonable grounds to suspect a person has or may have engaged in conduct that may be unsatisfactory professional performance, professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, and

(b) the use or disclosure is necessary as part of an investigation of the matter by, or in reporting concerns to, relevant persons or authorities, including a National Board or an investigator appointed under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law by a National Board.

(2) In this section—

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law means—

(a) the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law—

(i) as in force from time to time, set out in the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 of Queensland, and

(ii) as it applies, including with any modifications, as a law of a State or Territory other than New South Wales, or

(b) the law of another State or Territory that substantially corresponds to the law referred to in paragraph (a).

National Board has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.