Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:135a:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 135A (pt 5/8)
Character Range: 592421–595111

the kind referred to in paragraph (db)—to the person or persons who are empowered to:
 (i) take disciplinary action with respect to nurse practitioners; or
 (ii) investigate nurse practitioners in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (m) if the certificate specifies a purpose of the kind referred to in paragraph (f)—to a director, secretary or employee of each private health insurer to which the certificate relates, being a director, secretary or employee who is authorized by the Secretary, by instrument in writing, for the purposes of this subsection.
 (8) Information relating to the rendering of a medical service, a dental service or an optometrical service, the provision of hospital treatment or the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit must not be divulged in pursuance of subsection (6) or (7) in a manner that is likely to enable the identification of the person to whom that service was rendered, that treatment or care was provided or that benefit was supplied (in this subsection referred to as the patient) unless:
 (a) the patient:
 (i) is a person referred to in paragraph (6)(a) or (b); or
 (ii) consents in writing to the disclosure of the information; or
 (b) the Minister certifies that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the patient has committed, or is committing, an offence of the kind referred to in subparagraph (6)(a)(i) or (ii).
 (9) A person to whom information is divulged under subsection (6) or (7) and any person under the control of the first‑mentioned person shall not, directly or indirectly, except:
 (a) in the case of the Secretary of the Department of Social Security or a person under the control of the Secretary of the Department of Social Security—in the performance of duties, or in the exercise of powers or functions, under an Act administered by the Minister for Social Security; or
 (aa) in the case of the Chief Executive Centrelink or a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997)—in the performance of duties, or in the exercise of powers or functions, under an Act administered by the Minister for Social Security; or
 (b) in the case of the Secretary of the Veterans' Affairs Department or a person under the control of the Secretary—in the performance of duties, or in the exercise of powers or functions, under an Act administered by the Veterans' Affairs Minister; or
 (c) in the case of a person or persons referred to in paragraph (6)(f), (g), (ga), (gb) or (h), or (7)(j), (k), (l) or (la), or a person under the control of such a person or persons—in the performance of duties, or in the exercise of powers or functions, under the law referred to