Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Act 2015 (157 of 2015)
Schedule 1 Healthcare identifiers and health records
Part 1 Amendments
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012
92 After subsection 77(2)
Insert:
Fault-based offence
(2A) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Note: Where a fault element for a physical element of an offence is not stated, see section 5.6 of the Criminal Code for the appropriate fault element.
Civil penalty
(2B) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 600 penalty units.