176Use and disclosure of information by Health Secretary

176 Use and disclosure of information by Health Secretary

176 Use and disclosure of information by Health Secretary

(1) The Health Secretary may include in the database any information obtained under the Act or this regulation that is relevant for the purposes of the database.

(2) The Health Secretary may use or disclose information in the database for the following purposes—

(a) to operate the database,

(b) to monitor the supply and issue of prescriptions for monitored medicines—

(i) by an authorised practitioner or pharmacist, or

(ii) generally, including Statewide,

(c) to regulate the supply, administration and issue of prescriptions for scheduled substances, in circumstances where the activities require an approval or OTP registration—

(i) by a holder of an approval or OTP registration, or

(ii) generally, including Statewide,

(d) to provide the information, whether directly or through a data source entity, to another State or Territory for inclusion in a database that—

(i) is established under a law of that State or Territory, and

(ii) serves substantially the same purpose as the database,

(e) to provide information to a regulatory authority if the information is reasonably required by the regulatory authority for the purposes of regulating—

(i) the supply, use and issue of prescriptions for monitored medicines, and

(ii) the supply, administration and issue of prescriptions for scheduled substances in circumstances where the activities require an approval or OTP registration,

(f) to provide information to a data source entity for purposes related to—

(i) the monitoring of supply and issue of prescriptions for monitored medicines, and

(ii) determining applications for approvals and OTP registrations and issuing approvals and OTP registrations for the supply, administration and issue of prescriptions for scheduled substances,