Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, a person to whom this section applies shall not disclose or give to any other person any information or document whereby the identity of a person or a deceased person--
(a) from whose body tissue has been removed for the purpose of transplantation or for use for other therapeutic purposes or for other medical or scientific purposes; or
(b) with respect to whom or with respect to whose body a consent or an authority has been given under this Act; or
(c) into whose body tissue has been, is being, or may be, transplanted;
may become publicly known.
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.
(2) This section applies--
(a) where a consent has been given in accordance with this Act--to the designated officer who gave a certificate in relation to the consent; and
(b) where an authority has been given in accordance with this Act by a designated officer for a hospital--to the designated officer; and
(c) where tissue has been removed from the body of a person or a deceased person--the medical practitioner or dental practitioner who removed the tissue and, if the tissue was removed at a hospital, each person who was employed at the hospital at the time of the removal of the tissue or has since been employed at the hospital; and
(d) where tissue has been transplanted into the body of a person--to the medical practitioner who performed the transplantation and, if the tissue was transplanted at a hospital, each person who was employed at the hospital at the time of the transplantation or has since been employed at the hospital; and
(e) where it is proposed that tissue will be transplanted into the body of a person--to the medical practitioner who is to perform the transplantation and, if the tissue is to be transplanted at a hospital, each person who is employed at the hospital or who becomes so employed.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to information disclosed--
(a) in pursuance of an order of a court or when otherwise required by law; or
(b) for the purposes of hospital administration or bona fide medical research; or
(c) with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or
(d) for the purpose of investigating whether an offence defined in section 48A has been committed; or
(e) when the circumstances in which the disclosure is made are such that the disclosure is or would be privileged.