Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00982:clause:2_18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00982
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 18
Character Range: 29506–30455

18  Requirements relating to storage of old information
 (1) Subject to section 19, an agency must store old information in such a way that the personal identification components are not linked with the rest of the information.
 (2) Despite subsection 7(3):
 (a) a database that stores old information from the Medicare Benefits Program must not include a Medicare card number; and
 (b) a database that stores old information from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Program must not include a Pharmaceutical entitlements number.
 (3) However, subject to section 12, this section does not prevent an agency from storing in the same database:
 (a) old information; and
 (b) claims information that is not old information.
Note: Section 12 deals with the prohibition on storing, in the same database, claims information that was obtained under the Medicare Benefits Program and claims information that was obtained under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Program.