sec.161Necessary or incidental disclosure

### sec.161 Necessary or incidental disclosure A designated person may disclose confidential information if the disclosure is necessary or incidental to a disclosure of confidential information otherwise permitted under this part. the disclosure of confidential information to support staff at a public sector hospital who make appointments for patients, maintain patient records and undertake other administrative tasks the disclosure of confidential information to Medicare Australia or health insurance providers for processing the payment of accounts for treatment or diagnostic tests the disclosure of confidential information to advise the chief executive or a health service chief executive about authorising the disclosure of confidential information in the public interest under section 160 or to collect confidential information for the purpose of a prescribed agreement under section 151 accessing contact details for a person to seek the person’s consent under section 144 to the disclosure of confidential information permitting contractors to access databases to write, test or analyse programs, perform database administration tasks or maintain technical aspects of computer hardware s 161 amd 2012 No. 9 s 54 sch - • the disclosure of confidential information to support staff at a public sector hospital who make appointments for patients, maintain patient records and undertake other administrative tasks - • the disclosure of confidential information to Medicare Australia or health insurance providers for processing the payment of accounts for treatment or diagnostic tests - • the disclosure of confidential information to advise the chief executive or a health service chief executive about authorising the disclosure of confidential information in the public interest under section 160 or to collect confidential information for the purpose of a prescribed agreement under section 151 - • accessing contact details for a person to seek the person’s consent under section 144 to the disclosure of confidential information - • permitting contractors to access databases to write, test or analyse programs, perform database administration tasks or maintain technical aspects of computer hardware