14Collection, use and disclosure—providing healthcare to a healthcare recipient

#### 14 Collection, use and disclosure—providing healthcare to a healthcare recipient An entity mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table, is authorised to take action of the kind described in column 2 of that item with information of the kind described in column 3 of that item in the circumstances described in column 4 of that item. ```html <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="5" style="width:343.35pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Collection, use and disclosure for the purpose of providing healthcare to a healthcare recipient</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:52.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Entity</span></p></td><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Permitted action</span></p></td><td style="width:60.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Information</span></p></td><td style="width:88.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 4</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Circumstances</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:52.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identified healthcare provider</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>health administration entity</span></p></td><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose to the service operator</span></p></td><td style="width:60.05pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information of a healthcare recipient</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:88.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the use or disclosure is for the purpose of assisting the service operator to disclose the healthcare identifier of the healthcare recipient to the healthcare provider or health administration entity</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:52.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>service operator</span></p></td><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>collect from an identified healthcare provider or health administration entity</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose to an identified healthcare provider or health administration entity</span></p></td><td style="width:60.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information of a healthcare recipient</span></p></td><td style="width:88.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the collection, use or disclosure is for the purpose of disclosing the healthcare identifier of the healthcare recipient to the healthcare provider or health administration entity</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:52.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>service operator</span></p></td><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose to an identified healthcare provider or health administration entity</span></p></td><td style="width:60.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>healthcare identifier of a healthcare recipient</span></p></td><td style="width:88.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the use or disclosure is for the purpose of:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) communicating or managing health information, or information about support services, as part of providing healthcare or support services to the healthcare recipient; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) health administration</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:52.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identified healthcare provider</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>health administration entity</span></p></td><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>collect from the service operator</span></p></td><td style="width:60.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>healthcare identifier of a healthcare recipient</span></p></td><td style="width:88.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the collection is for the purpose of:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) communicating or managing health information, or information about support services, as part of providing healthcare or support services to the healthcare recipient; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) health administration</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:52.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identified healthcare provider</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>health administration entity</span></p></td><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>collect from another entity</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose to another entity</span></p></td><td style="width:60.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>healthcare identifier of a healthcare recipient</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information of a healthcare recipient</span></p></td><td style="width:88.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The collection, use or disclosure is for the purpose of:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) communicating or managing health information, or information about support services, as part of providing healthcare or support services to the healthcare recipient; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) health administration; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the provision of indemnity cover for a healthcare provider; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) communicating or managing health information or information about support services provided to a healthcare recipient, as part of the conduct of research that has been approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:52.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>entity to whom healthcare identifier of a healthcare recipient is disclosed for a purpose mentioned in column 4 of item</span><span> </span><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:74.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>collect</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose</span></p></td><td style="width:60.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>healthcare identifier of a healthcare recipient</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information of a healthcare recipient</span></p></td><td style="width:88.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the collection, use or disclosure is for the purpose for which the information was disclosed</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> ```