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Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

No. 72, 2010

Compilation No. 19

Compilation date: 14 October 2024

                Includes amendments: Act No. 38, 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 14 October 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Purpose of this Act
3A Simplified outline of this Act
4 Act to bind the Crown
4A External Territories
5 Definitions
6 Identity of service operator
7 Meaning of identifying information
8 Meaning of national registration authority
Part 2—Assigning healthcare identifiers
9AA Simplified outline of this Part
9 Assigning healthcare identifiers
9A Classes of healthcare provider that may be assigned a healthcare identifier by the service operator
9B Information that may be requested before assigning healthcare identifiers
9C Review of decision not to assign a healthcare identifier
10 Service operator must keep record of healthcare identifiers etc.
Part 3—Collection, use and disclosure of healthcare identifiers, identifying information and other information
Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part
11 Simplified outline of this Part
Division 2—Healthcare recipients
12 Collection, use and disclosure—assigning a healthcare identifier to a healthcare recipient
13 Collection, use and disclosure—establishing and maintaining a record of healthcare identifiers for healthcare recipients
14 Collection, use and disclosure—providing healthcare to a