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My Health Records Act 2012
73DCollection, use and disclosure of healthcare identifiers and identifying information in relation to compliance with share by default provisions
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73D Collection, use and disclosure of healthcare identifiers and identifying information in relation to compliance with share by default provisions
(1) An entity mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table is authorised to take action of the kind described in column 2 of that item with information of the kind described in column 3 of that item in the circumstances described in column 4 of that item.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="5" style="width:343.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Collection, use and disclosure in relation to compliance with share by default provisions</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Entity</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Permitted action</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Information</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 4</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Circumstances</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>participant in the My Health Record system</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information about any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>the healthcare identifier of any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the use or disclosure is for the purposes of compliance with a share by default provision</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Secretary of the Department</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>collect</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information about any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>the healthcare identifier of any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the collection, use or disclosure is for the purposes of monitoring, investigating or enforcing compliance with a share by default provision</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Chief Executive Medicare</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>collect</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information about any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>the healthcare identifier of any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the collection, use or disclosure is for the purposes of monitoring, investigating or enforcing compliance with a share by default provision</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>service operator for the purposes of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Healthcare identifiers Act 2010</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>collect</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information about any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>the healthcare identifier of any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the collection, use or disclosure is for the purposes of monitoring, investigating or enforcing compliance with a share by default provision</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>any Commonwealth entity (within the meaning of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013</span><span>) specified in the My Health Records Rules</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>collect</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>use</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>disclose</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>identifying information about any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>the healthcare identifier of any of the following:</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(a) a healthcare recipient;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>(b) a healthcare provider</span></p></td><td style="width:68.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the collection, use or disclosure is for the purposes of monitoring, investigating or enforcing compliance with a share by default provision</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>