Can Employers Contact GP and Request Full Medical History?
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Can Employers Contact GP and Request Full Medical History?
Can they do this in NZ or Australia? In the Aviation industry obviously, not that it matters. Who can and who cannot do this? Airlines in particular as this would not surprise me.
I was shocked to read on another thread that they actually can do this in some countries!
I was shocked to read on another thread that they actually can do this in some countries!
In Australia, the doctor / patient relationship is STRICTLY confidential.
NO doctor is allowed to by law to release personal information to a third party unless you have given written authority to do so. If the information was released without your authority, the doctor would front the medical board and harsh penalties including deregistration would be imposed.
NO doctor is allowed to by law to release personal information to a third party unless you have given written authority to do so. If the information was released without your authority, the doctor would front the medical board and harsh penalties including deregistration would be imposed.
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There are some mandatory reporting qualifications to the confidentiality requirements but that does not include an employer.
By way of example, a doctor is required to report any suspicion of child abuse and, as breakfastburrito has pointed out, some diseases are reportable.
By way of example, a doctor is required to report any suspicion of child abuse and, as breakfastburrito has pointed out, some diseases are reportable.
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Can Employers Contact GP and Request Full Medical History?
Australia and New Zealand.
