Health matters are regulated by a body of laws in Australia. There are too many to list here, but you can access the full list of health-related laws here.
Among other laws, there are those that relate to:
- aged care
- blood
- cancer
- compensation and insurance
- confidentiality and privacy, access to medical records
- dentistry
- genes, cloning
- medical indemnity, organ and tissue donation and transplantation
- medical negligence
- mental health
- narcotic drugs
- radiation protection and nuclear safety
- terminal illnesses
- tobacco