Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00064:clause:1_22d
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22D  Collection, use and disclosure by the Chief Executive Medicare and Departments
 (1) The Chief Executive Medicare, the Veterans' Affairs Department, the Defence Department and such other Departments as are prescribed are authorised:
 (a) to collect identifying information of a healthcare recipient from the service operator; and
 (b) to collect the healthcare identifier of a healthcare recipient; and
 (c)  to use the healthcare identifier and identifying information; and
 (d) to disclose the healthcare identifier and identifying information to a participant in the PCEHR system.
 (2) The authorisation of the Chief Executive Medicare under subsection (1) is limited to collections, uses and disclosures for the purposes of including, in the healthcare recipient's PCEHR, information about the healthcare recipient:
 (a) that is any of the following:
 (i) information that relates to the Medicare Benefits Program or the Pharmaceutical Benefits Program;
 (ii) information included on the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register;
 (iii) information included on the register administered by the Commonwealth that records the decision made by an individual about whether to become an organ and tissue donor for transplantation after death; and
 (b) that the healthcare recipient has consented to being included in his or her PCEHR.
 (3) The authorisation of a Department under subsection (1) is limited to collections, uses and disclosures for the purposes of including, in the healthcare recipient's PCEHR, information about the healthcare recipient:
 (a) that is information prescribed by the regulations; and
 (b) that the healthcare recipient has consented to being included in his or her PCEHR.
 (4) Despite paragraphs (2)(b) and (3)(b), the consent of the healthcare recipient is not required for the uploading of information by the Chief Executive Medicare in accordance with paragraph 38(2)(a) of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012.