If a person who is 14 years and over is not able to make decisions for themselves, and you have the authority to act on their behalf, you can apply to be their authorised representative.
Glossary of terms
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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. -
lack capacity
Mental capacity means being able to make your own decisions. Someone lacking capacity - because of an illness or disability such as a mental health problem, dementia or a learning disability - cannot do one or more of the following four things: 1. Understand information given to them about a particular decision, 2. Retain that information long enough to be able to make the decision, 3. Weigh up the information available to make the decision, 4. Communicate their decision.
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My Health Record
The record of information created and maintained by the System Operator in relation to the individual, and information that can be obtained by means of that record, including the following:
• information that relates to the individual in the record relating to the individual’s registration;
• health information connected in the My Health Record system to the individual, including information included in a record accessible through the index service;
• other information connected in the My Health Record system to the individual, such as information relating to auditing access to the record; and
• back-up records of such information.
