Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if, under section 22 or 23, the removal of tissue from the body of a deceased person for transplanting to the body of a living person is authorised.
(2) The senior available next of kin may consent to the disclosure of the deceased person's health record to a health professional for the purposes of the transplantation of the tissue.
(3) Also, for the purposes of obtaining the consent under subsection (2), a designated person may disclose information in the deceased person's health record about the deceased person's next of kin and the next of kin's contact details to another designated person.
(4) This section applies despite the Health Services Act 1991, section 62A(1).
(5) In this section--
designated person has the meaning given by the Health Services Act 1991, section 60.
health professional has the meaning given by the Health Services Act 1991, section 60.
health record, for a deceased person, means the deceased person's hospital record or another document recording the deceased person's health history, condition and treatment.