Privacy Commissioner - Te Mana Matapono Matatapu

Health Information Privacy Code 1994 (with commentary)

This code of practice applies specific rules to agencies in the health sector to better ensure the protection of individual privacy. With respect to “health information” collected, used, held and disclosed by “health agencies”, the code substitutes for the information privacy principles in the Privacy Act. It also deals with access to health information and the assignment of unique identifiers.

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