Rowena Marinucci

This page exists for Rowena Marinucci, a member of the Me Clinic team.

We are not publishing a role or qualifications here, because we do not hold verified current details for this page. Our practitioners and their AHPRA registration numbers are on meet the team; phone 1300 852 050 to ask who would look after you.

In its place: your records, and who can see them.

What your file holds

• Your identity and contact details, and Medicare or fund details
• Medical history, medications, allergies
• Consultation notes and examination findings
• Clinical photographs - part of the medical record, not marketing material
• Consent forms
• Operation reports, anaesthetic records, pathology results
• Implant or device details, including batch numbers
• Correspondence with your GP and other practitioners
• Accounts and payment records

Who can see it

Your health information is protected by the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles. It is available to:

• The practitioners and staff directly involved in your care
• Other practitioners you are referred to, with your consent
• Your GP, where correspondence is part of your care
• Health funds and Medicare, limited to what is needed for a claim you make
• Anyone you specifically authorise in writing

It is not available to family members without your consent, to employers, to insurers beyond a claim you have made, or to anyone for marketing.

Limited exceptions exist where the law requires disclosure - a court order or subpoena, mandatory reporting obligations, or a serious and imminent threat to someone's safety.

Photographs, specifically

This is where people most often assume more than is true.

• Clinical photographs are taken with your consent and stored securely as part of your record
• Separate, specific, written consent is required before any image is used anywhere else - a website, a gallery, a presentation, social media
• You may withdraw that consent, and images already published will be removed going forward
• Consenting to photographs for your record is not consent to publication
• Published before and after images must be genuine, unretouched and taken under consistent conditions - see the gallery

Getting copies

You have a right of access to your own health information. Request it in writing; we will normally respond within 30 days. A reasonable administrative fee may apply for copying, but not for making the request.

Take your records with you if you are getting a second opinion or moving practitioners - operation notes and implant details in particular.

If something in your record is wrong, you can ask for it to be corrected, and if we disagree you can have a statement of your view attached to the file.

How long records are kept

Adult health records in Victoria are kept for at least seven years from the last entry. For a patient treated as a child, records are kept until they turn 25.

If you have a privacy concern

Raise it with the clinic first - phone 1300 852 050 or email doctors@meclinic.com.au. If you are not satisfied, contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au or 1300 363 992, or Victoria's Health Complaints Commissioner at hcc.vic.gov.au or 1300 582 113.

Full detail: patient privacy and privacy policy.

Me Clinic, 4 Burke Road, Malvern East VIC 3145.

Individual results may vary. Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. Before proceeding you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner.