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9A  Classes of healthcare provider that may be assigned a healthcare identifier by the service operator

Healthcare identifiers for individual healthcare providers
 (1) The service operator may, under paragraph 9(1)(a), assign a healthcare identifier to an individual healthcare provider if:
 (a) the individual healthcare provider is registered by a registration authority as a member of a health profession; or
 (b) the individual healthcare provider is a member of a professional association that:
 (i) relates to the healthcare that has been, is, or is to be, provided by the member; and
 (ii) has uniform national membership requirements, whether or not in legislation.

Healthcare identifiers for a healthcare provider organisation that is a seed organisation, or is not part of a network
 (2) The service operator may, under paragraph 9(1)(a), assign a healthcare identifier to a healthcare provider organisation that is a seed organisation for a network, or that is not part of a network, if:
 (a) at least one of the employees of the organisation is an individual who:
 (i) is an identified healthcare provider; and
 (ii) provides healthcare as part of his or her duties; and
 (b) one, and only one of the employees of the organisation is the responsible officer for the organisation; and
 (c) either:
 (i) the organisation has at least one other employee who is an organisation maintenance officer for the organisation; or
 (ii) the responsible officer for the organisation is also the organisation maintenance officer for the organisation.

Healthcare identifiers for network organisations
 (3) The service operator may, under paragraph 9(1)(a), assign a healthcare identifier to a healthcare provider organisation that is a network organisation within a network if:
 (a) the seed organisation for the network:
 (i) has been assigned a healthcare identifier that has not been retired; and
 (ii) does not object to the network organisation being assigned a healthcare identifier under this subsection; and
 (b) the responsible officer for the seed organisation for the network is also the responsible officer for every network organisation within the network; and
 (c) there is an organisation maintenance officer for the network organisation; and
 (d) the organisation maintenance officer for the network organisation is:
 (i) an employee of the network organisation (the first network organisation); or
 (ii) an employee of the seed organisation for the network; or
 (iii) an employee of another network organisation within the network that is hierarchically superior to the first network organisation.

What is a network of healthcare provider organisations?
 (4) A network of healthcare provider organisations is a group of healthcare provider organisations each of which satisfies one of the following criteria:
 (a) the healthcare provider organisation is part of, or subordinate to, another healthcare provider organisation within the group;
 (b) another healthcare