In this Rule, unless the contrary intention appears:
access control mechanisms include default access controls and advanced access controls.
access flag means an information technology mechanism made available by the System Operator to define access to a healthcare recipient’s My Health Record.
access list means the record associated with a healthcare recipient’s My Health Record that specifies the registered healthcare provider organisations permitted to access the healthcare recipient’s My Health Record.
Act means the My Health Records Act 2012.
advance care planning information means a document prepared by, or on behalf of, a healthcare recipient that states the healthcare recipient’s preferences about her or his health and personal care and preferred health outcomes such as an advance care directive or a document relating to a substitute decision maker for health-related purposes.
Note 1: The Advance Care Directives Framework September 2011, as in force from time to time, references a nationally agreed lexicon of common terms for advance care planning documents that each State and Territory use. Advance care directives and advance care plans are examples of documents referenced in this Framework that may be uploaded by a healthcare recipient or a healthcare provider organisation to a repository to be included in a healthcare recipient’s My Health Record.
advanced access controls means the access controls that enable a registered healthcare recipient to set controls on the registered healthcare provider organisations and nominated representatives who may access the healthcare recipient’s My Health Record, and the records within the My Health Record.
assisted registration has the meaning in the My Health Records (Assisted Registration) Rule 2015.
contracted service provider officer has the same meaning given by subrule 36(4).
default access controls means the access controls that apply where a registered healthcare recipient has not set controls on the registered healthcare provider organisations or nominated representatives who may access the healthcare recipient’s My Health Record.
document code means a code which may be used to restrict access to individual records within a healthcare recipient’s My Health Record in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(c).
effectively remove, in relation to a record in a healthcare recipient’s My Health Record, means rendering the record inaccessible to the healthcare recipient, their nominated representatives and any registered healthcare provider organisations involved in the care of the healthcare recipient, including in the case of a serious threat in accordance with rules 7 and 8.
healthcare identifier has the same meaning as in section 9 of the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
healthcare recipient-entered health summary means the summary of information, including medications and allergies, that a registered healthcare recipient may enter into his or her My Health Record and which is available to anyone with access to the healthcare recipient’s My Health Record.
identified healthcare provider has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
interoperability requirements means the requirements published by the System Operator from time to time specifying the technical and compliance prerequisites that entities must meet in order to connect, and remain connected, with the My Health Record system.
linked registered healthcare provider organisation has the same meaning given by subrule 34(2).
material change in relation to a participant in the My Health Record System includes:
(c) a change in the financial administration status of the participant;
(d) a change in the participant’s legal name;
(e) a change in the participant’s legal structure; or
(f) the participant being involved in a merger or acquisition.
national registration authority has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
network has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
network organisation has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
organisation maintenance officer has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
operator means a repository operator or a portal operator.
operator officer has the same meaning given by subrule 53(4).
portal operator means a person that is the operator of an electronic interface that facilitates, or can facilitate, access to the My Health Record system.
professional representative means a person who the System Operator is satisfied is eligible to be an authorised or nominated representative of a healthcare recipient as a result of their employment.
provenance information means:
(a) information or a healthcare identifier that identifies a healthcare recipient, an individual healthcare provider or a healthcare provider organisation; or
(b) a flag which identifies a document type.
provider portal means the portal provided by the System Operator that permits registered healthcare provider organisations to access the My Health Record system without having to use a clinical information system.
record code means a code which may be used to restrict access to a healthcare recipient’s My Health Record in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(a).
responsible officer has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
repository operator means a person that holds, or can hold, records of information included in My Health Records for the purposes of the My Health Record system.
restore, in relation to a record, means making a record, which has previously been effectively removed, accessible to the healthcare recipient, their nominated representatives and any registered healthcare provider organisations involved in the care of the healthcare recipient in accordance with any applicable access control mechanisms, including in the case of a serious threat to an individual’s life, health or safety.
seed organisation has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
service operator has same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.
taking control, in relation to a My Health Record, has the meaning given by subrule 11(2).
verified healthcare identifier means a healthcare identifier assigned to a healthcare recipient in relation to which the service operator has evidence, to the service operator’s satisfaction, of the healthcare recipient’s identity.
Note 2: Unless the contrary intention appears, terms used in this My Health Records Rule have the same meaning as in the Act― see section 13 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. These terms include:
approved form, authorised representative, employee, healthcare provider organisation, healthcare recipient, healthcare recipient -only notes, individual healthcare provider, nominated representative, My Health Record, My Health Record system, participant in the My Health Record system, registered healthcare recipient, registered healthcare provider organisation, shared health summary and System Operator.