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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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