Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00693:section:3a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00693
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3A
Character Range: 6965–8101

3A  Simplified outline of this Act

      Under this Act, healthcare identifiers are assigned to healthcare recipients, individual healthcare providers and healthcare provider organisations.
      There are strict rules on:
             (a) the verification of a person's identity before a healthcare identifier is assigned; and
             (b) the purposes for which a healthcare identifier can be collected, used and disclosed; and
             (c) the purposes for which the identifying information of a healthcare recipient, a healthcare provider or a healthcare provider organisation can be collected, used and disclosed.
      This Act facilitates the use of the healthcare identifier for the purposes of communicating and managing health information about a healthcare recipient (including through the My Health Record system).
      This Act also facilitates:
             (a) the creation of a Healthcare Provider Directory, to allow healthcare providers to check the professional and business details of healthcare providers; and
             (b) the use of authenticated electronic communications by healthcare providers.