Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00008:clause:1_78b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025A00008
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 78B
Character Range: 32787–34808

78B  System Operator may approve a period during which sharing with the My Health Record system is not required

Application
 (1) A prescribed healthcare provider organisation may apply to the System Operator to approve a period during which the healthcare provider organisation is not required to share information with the My Health Record system.
 (2) The application must:
 (a) be in the approved form; and
 (b) include, or be accompanied by, the information and documents required by the form; and
 (c) be lodged at a place, or by a means, specified in the form.

Further information may be required
 (3) If a prescribed healthcare provider organisation makes an application under subsection (1), the System Operator may, by notice in writing, require the healthcare provider organisation to give the System Operator, within the period specified in the notice, such further information in relation to the application as the System Operator requires.
 (4) The System Operator is not required to decide the application, and may cease considering the application, if the healthcare provider organisation does not provide the required information within the period specified in the notice.

Approval by System Operator
 (5) On application under subsection (1) or on the System Operator's initiative, the System Operator may, by written notice to a prescribed healthcare provider organisation, approve a period during which the healthcare provider organisation is not required to share information with the My Health Record system.
 (6) In deciding whether to approve the period, the System Operator must take into account the following:
 (a) the healthcare provider organisation's size and technological readiness;
 (b) the potential disruption (if any) to the provision of healthcare if the healthcare provider organisation does not share information with the My Health Record system;
 (c) any other matter the System Operator considers relevant.
 (7) An approval under subsection (5) is not a legislative instrument.