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HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1991 - SECT 33

33 Disclosure etc. of information

(1) A person who is or was a member of a committee must not make a record of, or divulge or communicate to someone else, information acquired by the person as a member of the committee, other than--

(a) for the purpose of exercising the functions of a member of the committee; or
(b) if the person is a registered health practitioner--notifying the National Agency about information in relation to a reasonable belief of the person that another registered health practitioner has behaved in a way that constitutes public risk notifiable conduct; or
(c) under a regulation made, or direction given, under section 37.

Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(2) Also, a person who is or was a relevant person for a committee must not make a record of, or divulge or communicate to someone else, information acquired by the person as a relevant person for the committee, other than for the purpose of enabling the committee to perform its functions.

Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.



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