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My Health Records Act 2012
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(1) A prescribed healthcare provider organisation must display a notice in accordance with subsection (2) during the following periods: (a) a period for which the healthcare provider organisation is not a registered healthcare provider organisation and is not an approved registered repository operator; (b) a period starting when the healthcare provider organisation applies to the System Operator under section 78B and ending when the application is finally determined; (c) a period approved by the System Operator under section 78B in relation to the healthcare provider organisation; (d) a period starting when the healthcare provider organisation applies to the System Operator under section 19AE of the Health Insurance Act 1973 and ending when the application is resolved (within the meaning of that Act); (e) a period approved by the System Operator under section 19AE of the Health Insurance Act 1973 in relation to the healthcare provider organisation.
Civil penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) The notice must: (a) indicate that the healthcare provider organisation is not currently sharing information with the My Health Record system; and (b) if paragraph (1)(a) applies—indicate that medicare benefits will not be payable in respect of healthcare covered by subsection (3); and (c) be displayed in a prominent place: (i) at each of the healthcare provider organisation’s premises where healthcare covered by subsection (3) is provided; and (ii) on the healthcare provider organisation’s website; and (iii) on any online facility the healthcare provider organisation uses to allow healthcare recipients to arrange bookings for healthcare covered by subsection (3). (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), this subsection covers: (a) healthcare of a kind (if any) specified for the purposes of subsection 78A(1) for the healthcare provider organisation; and (b) healthcare to which records of a kind (if any) specified for the purposes of subsection 78A(2) for the healthcare provider organisation relate.