Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:86d:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 86D (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 169861–171726

supplier responsible for storage and security
 (4) An approved supplier who, under this section, records and retains medicare numbers, or medicare numbers and expiry dates in relation to those numbers, in the approved supplier's records must ensure:
 (a) that the record of those numbers, or numbers and dates, is protected, by such security safeguards as it is reasonable in the circumstances to take, against loss, against unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure, and against other misuse; and
 (b) if it is necessary for access to the record of those numbers, or numbers and dates, to be given to a person in connection with the provision of services to the approved supplier—that everything reasonably within the power of the approved supplier is done to prevent unauthorised use or disclosure of information contained in that record.

Determinations are legislative instruments
 (5) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a person to be capable of giving an authorisation.

Permitted recording and retention activities
 (6) In this section:
permitted recording and retention activities, in relation to a medicare number provided to an approved supplier under subsection (1) or (2) as a number applicable to a person (whether with or without an expiry date in relation to that number), are:
 (a) to record and retain that number, or that number and date, in the approved supplier's records in relation to that person; or
 (b) if the approved supplier has already recorded and retained either or both of those particulars in relation to that person by virtue of a previous operation of this section—to check the accuracy and completeness of the recorded particulars in respect of that person and, if the recorded particulars are inaccurate or incomplete, to modify those particulars appropriately.