94Disclosure of health information to medical treatment decision maker or support person

94 Disclosure of health information to medical treatment decision maker or support person

(1) A person's medical treatment decision maker or support person is authorised to access or collect or assist the person in accessing or collecting health information about the person—

(a) that is relevant to a medical treatment decision to be made by the person, medical treatment decision maker or support person; and

(b) that may lawfully be collected by the person.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a health practitioner is authorised to disclose health information about a person to the person's medicaltreatment decision maker or support person.

(3) A medical treatment decision maker or support person may disclose any health information given to the medical treatment decision maker or support person under subsection (1) for—

(a) the purpose of carrying out the functions and duties of the medical treatment decision maker or support person; or

(b) the purpose of any proceeding under this Act, or any report of a proceeding under this Act; or

(c) any other lawful purpose.

Note to s. 94 amended by No. 39/2022 s. 850.

See also the Disability Act 2006, the Health Records Act 2001 and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 for provisions as to disclosure of personal information to medical treatment decision makers and support persons and access to personal information by medical treatment decision makers and support persons.