37Disclosure of information

37 Disclosure of information

37 Disclosure of information

(1) This section applies—

(a) where a consent has been given pursuant to this Act—to a medical practitioner who has given a certificate in relation to the consent,

(b) where an authority has been given pursuant to this Act by a designated officer for a hospital—to the designated officer,

(c) where tissue other than blood has been removed from the body of a person (whether living or deceased)—to the medical practitioner who removed the tissue and, if the tissue was removed at a hospital, to each person who was employed at the hospital when the tissue was removed or who has since been employed at the hospital,

(ca) where blood has been removed from the body of a person (whether living or deceased)—

(i) by a medical practitioner,

(ii) by an employee or member of the Australian Red Cross Society or of a body prescribed for the purpose of this subparagraph, or

(iii) by any other person of a class prescribed for the purpose of this subparagraph,

to—

(iv) the medical practitioner, any person who was the employer or partner of that practitioner when the blood was removed and any person who was an employee of that practitioner when the blood was removed or who has since been employed by that practitioner,

(v) the Australian Red Cross Society or body so prescribed and any person who was an employee or member of that Society or body when the blood was removed or who has since been employed by that society or body, or

(vi) that other person, any person who was the employer or partner of that other person when the blood was removed and any person who was an employee of that other person when the blood was removed or has since been employed by that other person,

(cb) where blood has been removed from the body of a person (whether living or deceased) at a hospital or at premises prescribed, or at premises of a class prescribed, for the purposes of this paragraph—to any person who was employed at the hospital or premises when the blood was removed or who has since been employed at the hospital or premises,

(d) where tissue has been transplanted into the body of a person—to the medical practitioner who performed the transplantation and, if the tissue was transplanted at a hospital, to each person who was employed at the hospital when the transplantation was performed or who has since been employed at the hospital, and