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CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 229O

Non-compellability of health service providers

229O Non-compellability of health service providers

(1) In this section—

"health service" means a service genuinely provided to a person for the benefit of human health, and includes a health service under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 .

"health services provider" means—
(a) a health practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) ; or
(b) another person who provides a health service; or
(c) an employee of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) .
(2) A health services provider is entitled to refuse to provide any document or information, or answer any question, in relation to an investigation of, or prosecution for, an offence against this chapter on the ground that it would disclose information gained in providing a health service.



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