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Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011
sec.156Disclosure to health ombudsman
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### sec.156 Disclosure to health ombudsman
A designated person or prescribed health professional may disclose confidential information to the health ombudsman for the purpose of—
making, or giving information about, a complaint under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 or the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) ; or
answering questions or otherwise giving information as part of an investigation under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 about a person who is or was a health service provider under that Act; or
giving the health ombudsman information about health services; or
giving the health ombudsman aggregated data, including data that identifies persons, about complaint management, patient safety or another matter relating to the quality of health services.
s 156 sub 2013 No. 36 s 331 sch 1
amd 2014 No. 65 s 35 ; 2016 No. 50 s 28 ; 2022 No. 1 s 44
- (a) making, or giving information about, a complaint under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 or the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) ; or
- (b) answering questions or otherwise giving information as part of an investigation under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 about a person who is or was a health service provider under that Act; or
- (c) giving the health ombudsman information about health services; or
- (d) giving the health ombudsman aggregated data, including data that identifies persons, about complaint management, patient safety or another matter relating to the quality of health services.