Legislation

Health legislation - Victoria
A list of acts and regulations administered by the Department of Health and Human Services related to public health, mental health, health services provided to Victorians.
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The Health Records Act 2001 (the Act) created a framework to protect the privacy of individuals' health information. It regulates the collection and handling of health information. The Act:
- gives individuals a legally enforceable right of access to health information about them that is contained in records held in Victoria by the private sector; and
- establishes Health Privacy Principles (HPPs) that will apply to health information collected and handled in Victoria by the Victorian public sector and the private sector.
Victorian Legislation
Since 1 January 2011 authorised electronic versions of legislation are produced for each new Act that is enacted and each new Statutory Rule that is made after that date.
Federal Register of Legislation (CTH)
The Federal Register of Legislation (the Legislation Register) is the authorised whole-of-government website for Commonwealth legislation and related documents. It contains the full text and details of the lifecycle of individual laws and the relationships between them.
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Locate the following Acts and Regulations:

Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
Health Records Act 2001 (Vic)
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 (Cth)
Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic)
Health Services Act 1988 (Vic)
Health Act 1958 (Vic)
Mental Health Act 1986 (Vic)
Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 (Vic)
Cancer Reporting Regulations 1992, being regulations to the Cancer Act 1958 (Vic)
Human Tissue Act 1982 (Vic)
Evidence Act 1958 (Vic)
Public Records Act 1973 (Vic)
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic), and Freedom of Information Regulations 1998
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
Medical Treatment Act 1988 (Vic)

(Vic) = Victoria, (Cth) = Commonwealth