Aged Care Legislation Consequential Amendments Regulations 2025 (F2025L01239)

Schedule 3   Health, Disability and Ageing

Healthcare Identifiers Regulations 2020

15   At the end of section 11

Add:

Healthcare support service providers

(4) A healthcare support service provider must not request the service operator to disclose a healthcare identifier to the provider, unless:

(a) the identity of the organisation's responsible officer and the identity of the organisation maintenance officer (if any) have been verified through an evidence of identity process; and

(b) information in relation to those officers of the kind mentioned in paragraphs 8(2A)(d) to (i) of this instrument has been given to the service operator; and

(c) the information is accurate, up to date and complete.

(5) If:

(a) the service operator receives a request to disclose a healthcare identifier from a healthcare support service provider; and

(b) the request was made in contravention of subsection (4);

the service operator must refuse to comply with the request.