How does the Health Records Act apply to locum health service providers?
The Act applies to health information held by locum health service providers in the same way as it does to other health service providers, with the individual able to apply for access to that information. If the locum kept separate records from those of the practice then when the information is collected the patient would need to be made aware of how they can contact the locum to access the information if they wish. All the health privacy principles would apply to the health information held by the locum health service provider.
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