1. What are the relevant institutions that deal with privacy and disclosure of information relevant to the issues outlined in this example? What processes would they follow in this case?
2. What are the potential legal principles that arise in this case? Please consider both civil law principles (eg, Health information Privacy Code) and the criminal law. Existing cases may guide this analysis.
3. Please critique, with the use of scholarly references, the operation of the law in this area. You may wish to consider whether you think that the law operates well in this area to protect consumers.
4. Please consider, with the use of scholarly references, how the legal principles highlighted in your chosen scenario are relevant for health care practice in your area.
The institution that deals with privacy and disclosure of health information, in this case, is the Privacy Commissioner (PC). They deal with complaints breaching the Health Information Privacy Code 1994 (HIPC) under the Privacy Act 1993. As a Podiatrist, the escalation ladder would be utilized to justify the disclosure
