15CExemption—information sharing for quality and safety purposes under the Health Services Act 1988

15C Exemption—information sharing for quality and safety purposes under the Health Services Act 1988 (1) Nothing in IPP 1.4, or any applicable code of practice modifying the application of IPP 1.4 or prescribing how IPP 1.4 is to be applied or complied with, applies to the collection of personal information for the purposes of Part 6B of the **Health Services Act 1988** by any of the following— (a) the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services; (b) a quality and safety body; (c) a health service entity; (d) a special adviser. (2) Nothing in IPP 1.5, or any applicable code of practice modifying the application of IPP 1.5 or prescribing how IPP 1.5 is to be applied or complied with, applies to the collection of personal information for the purposes of Part 6B of the **Health Services Act 1988** by any of the following— (a) the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services; (b) a quality and safety body; (c) a health service entity; (d) a special adviser. (3) Nothing in an IPP, or any applicable code of practice modifying the application of an IPP or prescribing how an IPP is to be applied or complied with, applies to the collection of personal or sensitive information for the purposes of Part 6B of the **Health Services Act 1988** by— (a) the Secretary; or (b) a quality and safety body; or (c) a health service entity; or (d) a special adviser— to the extent that the IPP requires the consent of the person to whom the information relates for the collection of that information. ***health service entity*** has the same meaning as in section 134V of the **Health Services Act 1988**; ***quality and safety body*** has the same meaning as in section 134V of the **Health Services Act 1988**; ***special adviser*** has the same meaning as in section 134V of the **Health Services Act 1988**. S. 15D inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 28.