Transferring, merging or closing a health practice

You must comply with legislation if you are closing, merging or relocating a health practice.

The Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 outlines the requirements.

Advertising

You must publicly advertise by a transfer notice 30 days before you intend to close, merge or relocate your practice.

Notifying ACT Health

You must also notify ACT Health as soon as possible, as the information is forwarded to the ACT Health Service Commissioner.

You can do this through the health practice closure, merger or relocation online form.

Checklists

You can use the following checklists to make sure you're complying with legislation.

• closing a practice action plan checklist [PDF 97kB]
• relocation of a practice checklist [PDF 95kB]
• merging practices checklist [PDF 93kB].

Transferring a health record

Download the transferring a health record factsheet for more information [PDF 90kB].