Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00188:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00188
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 5433–8419

4  Definitions
  In this Act:
approved form means a form approved under subsection 25(1).
child protection officer means an officer or employee of a State or Territory, or of a State or Territory authority, who has functions, powers or duties in relation to the care, protection or welfare of children.
civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
claims information means information about:
 (a) claims for medicare benefit under Part II of the Health Insurance Act 1973; or
 (b) treatment, other than information that relates to compensation or benefits, provided under any of the following Acts:
 (i) the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006;
 (ii) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004;
 (iii) the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988;
 (iiia) the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019;
 (iv) the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.
commercial‑in‑confidence has the meaning given by section 5.
contracted service provider has the meaning given by subsection 22A(10).
designated cancer means one of the following types of cancer:
 (a) bowel cancer;
 (b) cervical cancer;
 (c) lung cancer.
enforcement body has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
entity means:
 (a) a person; or
 (b) a partnership; or
 (c) any other unincorporated association or body; or
 (d) a trust; or
 (e) a part of another entity (under a previous application of this definition).
healthcare means health service within the meaning of subsection 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988.
healthcare provider means:
 (a) an individual healthcare provider; or
 (b) a healthcare provider organisation.
healthcare provider organisation means an entity that has conducted, conducts, or will conduct, an enterprise that provides healthcare (including healthcare provided free of charge).
Note: Because of paragraph (e) of the definition of entity, a healthcare provider organisation could be part of an entity.
individual healthcare provider means an individual who:
 (a) has provided, provides, or is to provide, healthcare; or
 (b) is registered by a registration authority as a member of a particular health profession.
key information for an individual means the following:
 (a) the individual's name, address, contact details, date of birth and gender;
 (b) the individual's healthcare identifier (within the meaning of the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010) if any;
 (c) the individual's medicare number (within the meaning of Part VII of the National Health Act 1953) if any;
 (d) the number allocated to the individual by the Veterans' Affairs Department if any;
 (e) if applicable, the individual's date of death;
 (f) if the register includes information relating to the individual in connection with screening associated with cervical cancer:
 (i) the individual's sex; and
 (ii) the individual's Human Papillomavirus vaccination status and number of doses of the vaccine