The federal law says you can't upload data if the patient tells you not to. Max penalty for that seems to be 2 years imprisonment, though I doubt we'll see tha

The federal law says you can't upload data if the patient tells you not to. Max penalty for that seems to be 2 years imprisonment, though I doubt we'll see that. Some states have further restrictions which expand the scope of this -- for instance, in NSW, uploading anything about HIV would be illegal, even with patient consent. The Australian Medical Association has said that the interaction of the MHR system with their code of ethics implies that doctors must get positive consent from patients. In practice, your new patient registration forms are getting another checkbox.