Welcome to the May 2014 edition of the Holman Webb Health Law Bulletin.

The amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) commenced on 12 March 2014, which are applicable to Commonwealth Government agencies and the private health sector. Ignore them at your peril because the penalties for breaches have significantly increased up to $1,700,000 for businesses and $340,000 for individuals.

It has also been a time of change for the not-for-profit sector and charities and there have been some interesting recent medico-legal cases relevant to the extent of the duty to warn of rare risks and the materialisation of inherent risks.

We trust that this edition of the Health Law Bulletin is informative with articles of relevance to you and your team.

Click here for the May 2014 edition.