sec.173Giving health information held by a health agency

### sec.173 Giving health information held by a health agency Subsection (2) applies if the chief executive, a person in charge of a school, education and care service or QEC approved service, or another person involved in the administration of this part asks for health information held by a health agency to be provided to the chief executive, person in charge or other person. A person asked to provide health information held by a health agency under subsection (1) may give the information if the giving of the information is necessary for the administration of this part. Subsection (4) applies if a person in charge of a school, education and care service or QEC approved service asks for information held by a health agency about whether a child attending a school, education and care service or QEC approved service has been vaccinated for a vaccine preventable condition. The chief executive must provide the information to the person in charge if the chief executive is satisfied that— a child attending the school or service is suspected of being at risk of contracting the vaccine preventable condition if the child continues to attend the school or service; and the information about the child is necessary to enable the person in charge to act under section 165 or 166 . This section applies despite any other provision of this Act or any provision of another law that deals with confidentiality, including, for example, the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 142 . s 173 amd 2011 No. 38 s 97 ; 2011 No. 32 s 332 sch 1 pt 2 (amd 2012 No. 9 s 47 ); 2011 No. 41 s 61 ; 2013 No. 44 s 269 sch 1 pt 2 (sec.173-ssec.1) Subsection (2) applies if the chief executive, a person in charge of a school, education and care service or QEC approved service, or another person involved in the administration of this part asks for health information held by a health agency to be provided to the chief executive, person in charge or other person. (sec.173-ssec.2) A person asked to provide health information held by a health agency under subsection (1) may give the information if the giving of the information is necessary for the administration of this part. (sec.173-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if a person in charge of a school, education and care service or QEC approved service asks for information held by a health agency about whether a child attending a school, education and care service or QEC approved service has been vaccinated for a vaccine preventable condition. (sec.173-ssec.4) The chief executive must provide the information to the person in charge if the chief executive is satisfied that— a child attending the school or service is suspected of being at risk of contracting the vaccine preventable condition if the child continues to attend the school or service; and the information about the child is necessary to enable the person in charge to act under section 165 or 166 . (sec.173-ssec.5) This section applies despite any other provision of this Act or any provision of another law that deals with confidentiality, including, for example, the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 142 . - (a) a child attending the school or service is suspected of being at risk of contracting the vaccine preventable condition if the child continues to attend the school or service; and - (b) the information about the child is necessary to enable the person in charge to act under section 165 or 166 .