New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SECT 42I

42I Use of information in Register

(1) The information in the Register is to be used for the following purposes:

(a) to remind any woman who does not have a further cervical cancer test (or other appropriate investigation or treatment) within a reasonable time after a cervical cancer test that a further test (or investigation or treatment) is recommended,

(b) to provide a record of test results that links each woman tested with her health practitioner and any laboratory that produces her test results,

(c) to monitor rates and patterns of cervical cancer tests to assist in the planning and evaluation of test programs,

(d) to provide information (being information that does not include any woman's identifying particulars):

(i) to the public--so as to increase public awareness of the Register and its objects, and

(ii) to health practitioners and laboratories--to assist them to monitor their quality control procedures in relation to cervical cancer tests, and

(iii) to the Department of Health, and

(iv) to the Commonwealth,

(e) to maintain a database (being a database that does not contain any woman's identifying particulars) for use in research into the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer.

(2) Any person acting for the purposes of this Division does not, if acting in good faith, incur any liability by reason of any notification or advice to a woman, or any failure to notify or advise a woman, in relation to any matter included in or otherwise concerning the Register.

(3) In this section, "test results" means the results of a cervical cancer test.