If a health service provider has offices in Victoria and interstate, with the interstate office treating a Victorian, can they access their records interstate?
The Act only applies to an organisation that collects, or holds health, information in Victoria. Organisations that operate in Victoria and interstate are only bound by the Act to the extent that they do things relevant to the Act in Victoria. If an organisation’s Sydney office is treating a Victorian patient while they are in Sydney, then they can access the records held in Victoria, subject to any Commonwealth or NSW laws regulating this collection.
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