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Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 11095–14085

Privacy Act 1988.
healthcare identifier has the meaning given by section 9.
healthcare provider means:
 (a) an individual healthcare provider; or
 (b) a healthcare provider organisation.
Healthcare Provider Directory has the meaning given by subsection 31(1).
healthcare provider organisation means an entity, or a part of an entity, that has conducted, conducts, or will conduct, an enterprise that provides healthcare (including healthcare provided free of charge).
Example: A public hospital, or a corporation that runs a medical centre.
healthcare recipient means an individual who has received, receives, or may receive, healthcare.
health information has the meaning given by subsection 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988.
Human Research Ethics Committee has the meaning given by:
 (a) the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research issued in March 2007 by the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992; or
 (b) if that Statement is amended—that Statement as amended.
Note: In 2010, the text of the Statement was accessible through the National Health and Medical Research Council website (www.nhmrc.gov.au).
identified healthcare provider means a healthcare provider who has been assigned a healthcare identifier under section 9.
identifying information has the meaning given by section 7.
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.
law includes:
 (a) an Act or legislative instrument; or
 (b) an Act or legislative instrument of a State or Territory.
linked: an individual healthcare provider is linked to a healthcare provider organisation if:
 (a) the individual healthcare provider is an employee of the healthcare provider organisation; or
 (b) the healthcare provider organisation provides support services or facilities to the individual healthcare provider, to facilitate the provision of healthcare by the individual healthcare provider.
Ministerial Council means a body (however described) that consists of the Minister of the Commonwealth, and the Minister of each State and Territory, who is responsible, or principally responsible, for matters relating to health.
My Health Record has the same meaning as in the My Health Records Act 2012.
My Health Records Act means the My Health Records Act 2012.
My Health Record system has the same meaning as in the My Health Records Act 2012.
My Health Record System Operator means the System Operator within the meaning of the My Health Records Act 2012.
national registration authority has the meaning given by section 8.
network of healthcare provider organisations has the meaning given by subsection 9A(4).
network organisation within a network has the meaning given by subsection 9A(6).
nominated representative of a healthcare recipient has the same