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This code sets specific rules for agencies in the health sector. It covers health information collected, used, held and disclosed by health agencies and takes the place of the information privacy principles for the health sector and sets specific rules for agencies in the health sector. It covers health information collected, used, held and disclosed by health agencies and takes the place of the information privacy principles for the health sector. The Health Information Privacy Code applies to the health information about identifiable individuals and applies to:
Health Information Privacy Code 2020- incorporating Amendment No 1
Amendment No 1 was issued on 25 May 2022 and came into force on 1 July 2022. The amendment aligned the Code with structural reforms within the public health and disability support sector.
The amendment removed references to District Health Boards given their disestablishment by the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill (the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 after 1 July 2022).
It also added Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora), the Māori Health Authority (Te Aka Whai Ora) and the Ministry for Disabled People (Whaikaha) to Schedule 2 of the Code, allowing them to assign an NHI, and updated the contracting provision in Schedule 2 and updated some terms used and fixed two minor errors identified following the repeal and replacement of the Code in 2020.
