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Public Health Act 2005
sec.210Designated medical officer may request information from doctors
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### sec.210 Designated medical officer may request information from doctors
This section applies if a designated medical officer considers a doctor may hold information relevant to the health of a child the subject of a care and treatment order.
The designated medical officer may ask the doctor for the information.
A doctor who gives information requested under this section who would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information given under an Act, oath, rule of law or practice—
does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving the information; and
is not liable to disciplinary action for giving the information.
Also, merely because the person gives the information, the person can not be held to have—
breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or
departed from accepted standards of professional conduct.
(sec.210-ssec.1) This section applies if a designated medical officer considers a doctor may hold information relevant to the health of a child the subject of a care and treatment order.
(sec.210-ssec.2) The designated medical officer may ask the doctor for the information.
(sec.210-ssec.3) A doctor who gives information requested under this section who would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information given under an Act, oath, rule of law or practice— does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving the information; and is not liable to disciplinary action for giving the information.
(sec.210-ssec.4) Also, merely because the person gives the information, the person can not be held to have— breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or departed from accepted standards of professional conduct.
- (a) does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving the information; and
- (b) is not liable to disciplinary action for giving the information.
- (a) breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or
- (b) departed from accepted standards of professional conduct.