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

96   Subsections 98(3), (4) and (5)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(3) If the System Operator is not the Secretary, the System Operator may only delegate a function or power of the System Operator:

(a) to an APS employee in the Department - with the agreement of the Secretary; and

(b) to the Chief Executive Medicare - with the agreement of the Chief Executive Medicare.

(4) Each of the following must comply with any written directions of the System Operator:

(a) a delegate;

(b) if the Chief Executive Medicare delegates under subsection 8AC(3) of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 a function delegated to him or her under this section - a subdelegate.