Health Information Act 2026
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Use of health information obtained by Executive under section 22 | ||
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24. (1) The Executive shall use the health information provided under section 22 — | ||
(a) on the basis of, and in accordance with, the purposes specified in the request, and | ||
(b) on its own or in association with other health information held by the Executive, including other health information obtained by the Executive under section 22 . | ||
(2) The Executive shall not re-identify or seek to re-identify patients in relation to whom the health information which it obtained based on the request under section 22 relates. | ||
(3) The Executive shall retain the health information provided under section 22 only for such period as it considers necessary to do so and shall publish on its website the period in relation to which the health information concerned was retained and the reasons determining such period of retention. | ||
(4) The Executive shall, not less than once every 18 months, publish on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Executive a report containing a summary of the outputs of use of the information obtained in accordance with this Part. |