7Complaints

7 Complaints

7 Complaints

(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 complaint has been made against a registered health practitioner, and

(b) the health information is only used or disclosed—

(i) at the request of a council established under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), section 41B, and

(ii) to assist the council with the management of the registered health practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), Part 8, and

(c) the health information only relates to a patient of the registered health practitioner.

(2) In this section—

complaint, against a registered health practitioner, means a complaint made about the practitioner under—

(a) the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), Part 8, or

(b) the Health Care Complaints Act 1993, Part 2.