Health Records and Information Privacy Amendment (Health Records) Regulation 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Health Records and Information Privacy

Amendment (Health Records) Regulation

2019

under the

Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.

BRADLEY HAZZARD, MP

Minister for Health and Medical Research

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to prescribe certain health records linkage systems administered by the Health Administration Corporation as not being health records linkage systems for the purposes of clause 15 of Schedule 1 (Health Privacy Principles) to the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.

This Regulation is made under the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002, including section 75
(the general regulation-making power) and clause 15 of Schedule 1.

Health Records and Information Privacy Amendment (Health Records) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Health Records and Information Privacy Amendment (Health

Records) Regulation 2019

under the

Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Health Records and Information Privacy Amendment (Health

Records) Regulation 2019.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Health Records and Information Privacy Regulation 2017

Clause 8A

Insert after clause 8—

8A Exemption for certain health records linkage systems

The following systems administered by the Health Administration Corporation are prescribed as not being health records linkage systems for the purposes of the definition of health records linkage system in clause 15 of Schedule 1 to the Act—

(a)	the system known as HealtheNet,
(b)	the system known as Clinical Health Information Exchange.