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representative is not required to have been assigned a healthcare identifier to be an authorised representative of a healthcare recipient.

     24B.             Nominated representatives who are professional representatives
     For the purposes of paragraph 7(3)(b) of the Act, a person who is a professional representative is not required to have been assigned a healthcare identifier to be a nominated representative of a healthcare recipient.

          Part 5 Participation requirements for healthcare provider organisations and contracted service providers

Division 1 General requirements of healthcare provider organisations

25.                  Registration Requirements
For paragraph 43(b) of the Act, it is a requirement that a healthcare provider organisation comply with the requirements specified in this Division in order to be eligible, and remain eligible, for registration under Division 2 of Part 3 of the Act.

26.                  Authority to act on behalf of healthcare provider organisation
A healthcare provider organisation must ensure that:
           (a)                    if the organisation is a seed organisation, or if it is not part of a network – the organisation's responsible officer and organisation maintenance officer are authorised to act on the organisation's behalf in its dealings with the System Operator; and
           (b)                    if the organisation is a network organisation – the following individuals are authorised to act on the organisation's behalf in its dealings with the System Operator:
                (i)                     the responsible officer and the organisation maintenance officer of the seed organisation for the network to which the network organisation belongs; and
                (ii)                   the organisation's organisation maintenance officer.

27.                  Requirements to participate
     (1)     Healthcare provider organisations must ensure that their organisation maintenance officers establish and maintain with the System Operator an accurate and up-to-date list of all identified healthcare providers who are individuals who are authorised to access the My Health Record system via or on behalf of the organisation using the provider portal.
     (2)     Within a network:
           (a)                    the seed organisation must be registered under Division 2 of Part 3 of the Act in order for any network organisation within the network to be registered;
           (b)                    the healthcare provider organisation that is directly hierarchically superior to a network organisation (the applicant organisation) must be registered under Division 2 of Part 3 of the Act in order for the applicant organisation to be registered; and
           (c)                    healthcare provider organisations must ensure that their organisation maintenance officer, and if relevant their responsible officer, establish and maintain an accurate and up-to-date record with the service operator of the linkages between organisations within the network.

28.                  Registration of network organisations
A seed organisation must ensure that its network is established and maintained in a manner that permits the assignment of access flags in accordance with rules 9 and 10.

29.                  Exercising due care and skill when uploading or downloading