Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.120Confidentiality of worker’s medical record
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sec.120 Confidentiality of worker’s medical record
A site senior executive for a mine may only obtain a worker’s medical record with the worker’s written consent. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. The site senior executive must not disclose the contents of the worker’s medical record to another person other than— the worker; or a person with the worker’s written consent; or the worker’s representative at the workplace the chief inspector to the extent the contents of the worker’s medical record are part of a notification under schedule 2E , sections 23 (2) , 24 (3) or 26 (4) ; or a person under section 195AA of the Act . Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. Subsections (1) and (2) are not safety and health obligations for the Act . s 120 amd 2019 SL No. 140 s 21 sch 1 amdt 1 (amdt could not be given effect); 2023 SL No. 71 s 7 ; 2024 SL No. 167 s 62 (sec.120-ssec.1) A site senior executive for a mine may only obtain a worker’s medical record with the worker’s written consent. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.120-ssec.2) The site senior executive must not disclose the contents of the worker’s medical record to another person other than— the worker; or a person with the worker’s written consent; or the worker’s representative at the workplace the chief inspector to the extent the contents of the worker’s medical record are part of a notification under schedule 2E , sections 23 (2) , 24 (3) or 26 (4) ; or a person under section 195AA of the Act . Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.120-ssec.3) Subsections (1) and (2) are not safety and health obligations for the Act .
- (a) the worker; or
- (b) a person with the worker’s written consent; or Example of a person who may have the worker’s written consent— the worker’s representative at the workplace
- (c) the chief inspector to the extent the contents of the worker’s medical record are part of a notification under schedule 2E , sections 23 (2) , 24 (3) or 26 (4) ; or
- (d) a person under section 195AA of the Act .