Policies

The following policies provide guidance to NSW Health staff in protecting patient health information in accordance with privacy laws.

• Privacy Manual for Health Information
• Privacy Internal Review Guidelines
• Privacy Management Plan
• NSW Health Public Communication Procedures
• NSW Health My Health Record Security & Access Policy Directive

NSW Legislation

• Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002
• Health Records and Information Privacy Code of Practice 2005 (Human Services, Domestic Violence Intervention Court Model)
• Health Records and Information Privacy Regulation 2017 (various)
• Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998

 Additional resources

• Privacy information for HIV patients - 2018
• Child Wellbeing and Child Protection Policies and Procedures
• Adoption Act 2000 - Release of Information
• Domestic Violence Information Sharing Protocol
• NSW Health Statistics Privacy and the Reporting of small numbers

​​NSW Privacy Commissioner

• NSW Information and Privacy Commission
• Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Guide
• Statutory guidelines on research, management, training and third party disclosure