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sec.60Powers of health service auditors
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### sec.60 Powers of health service auditors
A health service auditor may enter a public sector health service facility at any time the facility is open for business or otherwise open for entry.
A health service auditor may, in the exercise of the auditor’s functions, ask an employee of the department or a Service to give to the auditor a document, including a document containing confidential information, that—
is relevant to the auditor’s functions; and
is in the possession or control of the employee.
The employee must comply with the request.
If requested by the employee, the health service auditor must produce the auditor’s instrument of appointment to the employee.
The health service auditor may make copies of, and take extracts from, the document.
In this section—
confidential information means any information that—
is about a person who is receiving or has received a public sector health service; and
could identify the person.
s 60 amd 2012 No. 9 s 28
(sec.60-ssec.1) A health service auditor may enter a public sector health service facility at any time the facility is open for business or otherwise open for entry.
(sec.60-ssec.2) A health service auditor may, in the exercise of the auditor’s functions, ask an employee of the department or a Service to give to the auditor a document, including a document containing confidential information, that— is relevant to the auditor’s functions; and is in the possession or control of the employee.
(sec.60-ssec.3) The employee must comply with the request.
(sec.60-ssec.4) If requested by the employee, the health service auditor must produce the auditor’s instrument of appointment to the employee.
(sec.60-ssec.5) The health service auditor may make copies of, and take extracts from, the document.
(sec.60-ssec.6) In this section— confidential information means any information that— is about a person who is receiving or has received a public sector health service; and could identify the person.
- (a) is relevant to the auditor’s functions; and
- (b) is in the possession or control of the employee.
- (a) is about a person who is receiving or has received a public sector health service; and
- (b) could identify the person.