New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES ACT 2007 - SECT 58A

58A Sharing or exchange of information about health practitioner appointments

(1) A licensee may share or exchange appointment information about a health practitioner with another licensee or a public health organisation if the licensee--

(a) reasonably believes that the health practitioner practises at the private health facility of the other licensee or at a hospital or health institution of the public health organisation, and

(b) reasonably considers that the disclosure of that information to the other licensee or the public health organisation is necessary because it raises serious concerns about the safety of patients.

(2) Information is
"appointment information" about a health practitioner for the purposes of this section if--

(a) the health practitioner practises (or formerly practised) at the private health facility of the licensee (whether under a contract or otherwise), and

(b) the information relates to the variation, suspension or termination by the licensee of clinical privileges of the health practitioner.

(3) The disclosure of appointment information about a health practitioner by a licensee (or a person acting at the direction of the licensee) to another licensee or a public health organisation does not, if the disclosure was made in good faith, subject the licensee or person personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

(4) In this section--

"clinical privileges" has the same meaning as it has in Part 4 of Chapter 8 of the Health Services Act 1997 .

"health practitioner" has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) .

"hospital" ,
"health institution" and
"public health organisation" have the same meanings as they have in the Health Services Act 1997 .