Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00360:reg:14:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00360
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 14 (pt 2/16)
Character Range: 3937–7078

paragraph 15(i) of the My Health Records Act.
  participant in the My Health Record system means any of the following:
            (a)  the System Operator;
            (b)  a registered healthcare provider organisation;
            (c)  the operator of the National Repositories Service;
            (d)  a registered repository operator;
            (e)  a registered portal operator; or
            (f)  a registered contracted service provider, so far as the contracted service provider provides services to a registered healthcare provider.

Privacy Act means the Privacy Act 1988.

      registered repository operator means a person that:
            (a)  holds, or can hold, records of information included in My Health Records for the purposes of the My Health Record system; and
            (b)  is registered as a repository operator under section 49 of the My Health Records Act.

Regulatory Powers Act means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.

System Operator has the meaning given by section 14 of the My Health Records Act.

4 Introduction

  The Information Commissioner
4.1  The Information Commissioner is a statutory office holder appointed by the Governor-General under subsection 14(1) of the AIC Act, or appointed pursuant to s 21(1) of the AIC Act. The Information Commissioner performs functions and exercises powers conferred on the Information Commissioner by the AIC Act and other Acts.
4.2  The My Health Records Act and the Privacy Act both confer functions and powers on the Information Commissioner in relation to the My Health Record system.

  Overview of the My Health Record system
4.3  The My Health Record system is established under and is regulated by the My Health Records Act. The My Health Record system aims to enable the secure sharing of health information between a healthcare recipient's registered healthcare provider organisations, while enabling the healthcare recipient to control who can access his or her My Health Record.
4.4  The My Health Record system is decentralised, with a healthcare recipient's health information held in repositories across multiple locations and able to be accessed online by the healthcare recipient and their registered healthcare provider organisation(s). The  National Repositories Service holds key records about healthcare recipients, including the healthcare recipient's shared health summary (created by a nominated healthcare provider and uploaded to the National Repositories Service), discharge summaries, event summaries and healthcare recipient entered information.
4.5  Private and public sector bodies may also register as repository operators. When a registered healthcare provider organisation wishes to and is authorised to access a healthcare recipient's health information that is contained in a repository (other than the National Repositories Service), that information may be able to be called up and viewed by the healthcare provider organisation, although its location remains with the relevant public or private sector body repository. For example, a healthcare provider organisation can view a pathology report