Health Information Act 2026

Steps to be taken by health services providers on cessation of provision of health services

9. A health services provider who intends to cease providing health services shall, having regard to guidelines, take all reasonable steps to notify each patient whose personal health data the health services provider holds of the following matters—

(a) the date on which the health services provider intends to cease to provide such services, and

(b) the arrangements that the health services provider proposes to ensure that the personal health data of the patient concerned will be transferred to another health services provider who will provide such services.