Health Identifiers Act 2014
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Number 15 of 2014 | ||
HEALTH IDENTIFIERS ACT 2014 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Individual Health Identifiers | ||
6. Establishment and maintenance of National Register of Individual Health Identifiers | ||
8. Provision of other identifying particulars by Minister of Government | ||
9. Information to be provided by an tArd-Chláraitheoir to Minister | ||
10. Access to National Register of Individual Health Identifiers | ||
11. Use of individual health identifier and National Register of Individual Health Identifiers | ||
Health Services Provider Identifiers | ||
14. Establishment and maintenance of National Register of Health Services Provider Identifiers | ||
15. Information to be provided by professional regulatory bodies | ||
18. Use of relevant particulars (health services provider) obtained by Minister | ||
19. Access to National Register of Health Services Provider Identifiers | ||
Offences | ||
21. Offences relating to assignment of individual health identifiers | ||
24. Offences relating to assignment of health services provider identifiers | ||
Delegation of Relevant Functions of Minister | ||
Application of Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 | ||
Miscellaneous | ||
36. Amendment of section 52 of Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 | ||
38. Amendment of section 57 of Medical Practitioners Act 2007 | ||
Authorised Disclosees (Persons Who May Process Relevant Information (Individuals) for Particular Secondary Purposes) | ||
Persons Who Fall within Paragraph (b) of Definition of “Specified Person” in Section 2(1) | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3) | ||
Data Protection Act 1988 (No. 25) | ||
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 | ||
Dentists Act 1985 (No. 9) | ||
Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 (No. 14) | ||
Health Insurance Act 1994 (No. 16) | ||
Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25) | ||
Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (No. 41) | ||
Opticians Act 1956 (No. 17) | ||
Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20) | ||
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Number 15 of 2014 | ||
HEALTH IDENTIFIERS ACT 2014 | ||
An Act to provide for the assignment of a unique number to an individual to whom a health service is being, has been or may be provided; to provide for the assignment of a unique number to a person who provides a health service; to make provision for the establishment and maintenance of registers in respect of such numbers and other particulars of the individuals and other persons to whom the numbers are assigned; to make provision for the basis on which such registers may be accessed and the personal data contained therein may be processed; to provide for the delegation by order to the Health Service Executive of certain functions conferred on the Minister for Health; to provide for the consequential amendment of other enactments; and to provide for related matters. [8 th July, 2014] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: |
