Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00099:section:5:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00099
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 3/6)
Character Range: 24251–27173

system means a system:
 (a) that is for:
 (i) the collection, use and disclosure of information from many sources using telecommunications services and by other means, and the holding of that information, in accordance with the healthcare recipient's wishes or in circumstances specified in this Act; and
 (ii) the assembly of that information using telecommunications services and by other means so far is it is relevant to a particular healthcare recipient, so that it can be made available, in accordance with the healthcare recipient's wishes or in circumstances specified in this Act, to facilitate the provision of healthcare to the healthcare recipient or for purposes specified in this Act; and
 (b) that involves the performance of functions under this Act by the System Operator.
National Law means:
 (a) for a State or Territory other than Western Australia—the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law set out in the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 of Queensland, as it applies (with or without modification) as a law of the State or Territory; or
 (b) for Western Australia—the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 of Western Australia, so far as that Act corresponds to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law set out in the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 of Queensland.
National Repositories Service means the service referred to in paragraph 15(i).
nominated healthcare provider: a healthcare provider is the nominated healthcare provider of a healthcare recipient if:
 (a) an agreement is in force between the healthcare provider and the healthcare recipient that the healthcare provider is the healthcare recipient's nominated healthcare provider for the purposes of this Act; and
 (b) a healthcare identifier has been assigned to the healthcare provider under paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010; and
 (c) the healthcare provider is an individual registered by a registration authority as one of the following:
 (i) a medical practitioner within the meaning of the National Law;
 (ii) a registered nurse within the meaning of the National Law;
 (iii) an Aboriginal health practitioner, a Torres Strait Islander health practitioner or an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner within the meaning of the National Law who is included in a class prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph;
 (iv) an individual, or an individual included in a class, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph.
nominated representative of a healthcare recipient has the meaning given by section 7.
parental responsibility: a person has parental responsibility for a healthcare recipient (the child) if, and only if:
 (a) the person:
 (i) is the child's parent (including a person who is presumed to be the child's parent because