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HEALTH RECORDS (PRIVACY AND ACCESS) ACT 1997 - SECT 21

Destroying etc health records and related material

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person destroys, defaces or damages a health record or related material with the intention of evading or frustrating the operation of this Act.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person removes a health record from the ACT with the intention of evading or frustrating the operation of this Act.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.


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