Section 6FAPrivacy Act 1988 (Cth)

Meaning of health information

The following information is health information:

(a) information or an opinion about:

(i) the health, including an illness, disability or injury, (at any time) of an individual; or

(ii) an individual’s expressed wishes about the future provision of health services to the individual; or

(iii) a health service provided, or to be provided, to an individual;

that is also personal information;

(b) other personal information collected to provide, or in providing, a health service to an individual;

(c) other personal information collected in connection with the donation, or intended donation, by an individual of his or her body parts, organs or body substances;

(d) genetic information about an individual in a form that is, or could be, predictive of the health of the individual or a genetic relative of the individual.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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