Health Information Act 2026
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Number 10 of 2026 | ||
HEALTH INFORMATION ACT 2026 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Duty to Share | ||
8. Copies of personal health data to be furnished at patient’s request | ||
9. Steps to be taken by health services providers on cessation of provision of health services | ||
Electronic Health Records | ||
10. Creation and assignment of Electronic Health Records by Executive | ||
11. Information to be contained in Electronic Health Records | ||
16. Regulations in relation to accessing Electronic Health Record | ||
18. Electronic exchange of information in Electronic Health Record with third country | ||
19. Request to provide personal health data for purposes of Electronic Health Record | ||
Provision of Health Information to Executive | ||
24. Use of health information obtained by Executive under section 22 | ||
Amendment of Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 | ||
25. Amendment of section 68 of Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (No. 21) | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7) | ||
Dentists Act 1985 (No. 9) | ||
Disability Act 2005 (No. 14) | ||
Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30) | ||
Health Act 2004 (No. 42) | ||
Health Act 2007 (No. 23) | ||
Health Identifiers Act 2014 (No. 15) | ||
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23) | ||
Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25) | ||
Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (No. 41) | ||
Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 (No. 10) | ||
Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20) | ||
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Number 10 of 2026 | ||
HEALTH INFORMATION ACT 2026 | ||
An Act to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2025/327 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 20251 on the European Health Data Space and amending Directive 2011/24/EU and Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 and for those and other purposes to provide for a duty for health services providers to share, in certain circumstances, a patient’s personal health data with other health services providers also providing care and treatment to the patient; to provide for the creation and assignment by the Health Service Executive of an Electronic Health Record in respect of every patient; to provide for the information that shall be contained in an Electronic Health Record; to provide that a health services provider shall record the personal public service number of each of his or her patients; to provide that the Health Service Executive may, where appropriate, use a personal public service number to identify a patient; to provide for access to all, or part of, an Electronic Health Record by certain categories of person; to provide for the restriction of such access in certain circumstances; to provide a patient with information in relation to access to his or her Electronic Health Record; to provide for the Minister to make regulations for the purposes of this Act; to provide for the purposes in relation to which an Electronic Health Record may be used; to provide that the Health Service Executive may enter into reciprocal arrangements with other jurisdictions in relation to the exchange of information contained in an Electronic Health Record; to provide that the Health Service Executive may request health services providers to provide the Health Service Executive with certain classes of personal health data; to provide that the Health Service Executive may request certain persons to provide the Health Service Executive with certain categories of health information; to provide that the Health Service Executive may make an application to the Circuit Court where a person fails to comply with a request; to provide for the purposes for which the Health Service Executive may use health information provided to it in accordance with this Act; to provide that the Health Service Executive shall prepare and publish guidelines for the purposes of this Act; to amend the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 ; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[30th April, 2026] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||
