Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Act 2015 (157 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Healthcare identifiers and health records

Part 1   Amendments

Privacy Act 1988

110   After subsection 16B(1)

Insert:

(1A) A permitted health situation exists in relation to the collection by an organisation of health information about an individual (the third party ) if:

(a) it is necessary for the organisation to collect the family, social or medical history of an individual (the patient ) to provide a health service to the patient; and

(b) the health information about the third party is part of the family, social or medical history necessary for the organisation to provide the health service to the patient; and

(c) the health information is collected by the organisation from the patient or, if the patient is physically or legally incapable of giving the information, a responsible person for the patient.