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Information to private health service providers for handling a request for access or correction under the Health Records Act 2001 (Victoria)
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Contents
- ACCESS TO HEALTH INFORMATION
- 1. Right of access
- Under the Health Records Act 2001 (Victoria)
- Under the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth)
- 2. Making a request for access
- How a request for access is made
- Requests made on behalf of someone else
- What form of access are you required to provide?
- ‘New’ information
- ‘Old’ information
- Old information and the Commonwealth Privacy Act
- 3. Time limits for responding to requests
- 4. Can you charge a fee?
- 5. Forms of access and what fees may be charged
- Inspection
- Obtaining a copy
- Accurate summary
- Viewing with an explanation
- Is GST payable on fees charged on providing an explanation?
- 6. Refusing access to health information
- Mandatory refusal of access
- Second opinion on refusal of access based on serious threat to the individual’s life or health
- Discretionary refusal of access
- 7. Making information available to another health service provider
- 8. A suggested approach for handling an access request
- PART 2 CORRECTING HEALTH INFORMATION
- 9. Right to correct health information
- Under the Health Records Act 2001 (victoria)
- Under the Privacy Act 1988 (commonwealth)
- 10. Making a request to correct information
- How a request to correct is made
- Requests made on behalf of someone else
- 11. Responding to a request to correct
- 12. Fees
- PART 3 COMPLAINTS
- 13. Dealing with a complaint
- 14. Complaints procedure with the Health Services Commissioner
- 15. Contact us, your professional association, your insurer or your medical defence insurer for advice
- Appendix: What is a health service provider?
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