Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (45 of 2025)

Schedule 3   Amendments of other Acts

Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

178   Section 21 (at the end of the table)

Add:

4

a registration authority

a professional body

collect from the service operator

use

disclose to the service operator or a healthcare provider

healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider

identifying information of a healthcare provider

the collection, use or disclosure is:

(a) for the purpose of assigning a healthcare identifier to the healthcare provider; or

(b) for a purpose relating to the Healthcare Provider Directory

5

service operator

collect from a registration authority or a professional body

use

disclose to the registration authority or a professional body

healthcare identifier of a healthcare provider

identifying information of a healthcare provider

the collection, use or disclosure is:

(a) for the purpose of assigning a healthcare identifier to the healthcare provider; or

(b) for a purpose relating to the Healthcare Provider Directory

6

Aged Care Department

National Disability Insurance Agency

an entity prescribed by the regulations

disclose to the service operator

use

healthcare identifier of a healthcare support service provider

identifying information of a healthcare support service provider

the use or disclosure is:

(a) for the purpose of assisting the service operator to assign a healthcare identifier to the healthcare support service provider; or

(b) for a purpose relating to the Healthcare Provider Directory

7

Service operator

collect from the Aged Care Department, the National Disability Insurance Agency or an entity prescribed by the regulations

use

healthcare identifier of a healthcare support service provider

identifying information of a healthcare support service provider

the collection or use is:

(a) for the purpose of assisting the service operator to assign a healthcare identifier to the healthcare support service provider; or

(b) for a purpose relating to the Healthcare Provider Directory


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