Who can access your record

Apart from you, the only people who can view or access your My Health Record are:

Your healthcare providers, for example GPs, specialists, or hospital staff
People you invite to help you manage your record (nominated representatives)
People who manage your record for you if you are not able to (authorised representatives)

Glossary of terms

authorised representative
Someone who can apply for and manage a My Health Record on behalf of another person. For the purposes of the My Health Record system someone can be an authorised representative if they:

• have parental responsibility for a person under 14; or

• have legal authority to act on behalf of a person who is at least 14 and who is not capable of making his or her own decisions.

If there is no one with parental responsibility or legal authority, a person who is otherwise appropriate to act on behalf of the individual can be an authorised representative. An individual can have more than one authorised representative.
healthcare provider
A person who is involved in or associated with healthcare delivery. For the purposes of the My Health Record system, a healthcare provider is a person who has an HPI-I and is authorised by a registered healthcare provider organisation to access the My Health Record system on their behalf.

Note: this was previously referred to as ‘individual healthcare provider’
nominated representative
A representative who is provided access to a My Health Record by the individual or the individual’s authorised representative. A nominated representative can view your health information. A nominated representative with read-only access is not required to provide any evidence of identity to the System Operator.

Glossary of terms