Health Information Act 2026
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Request to provide personal health data for purposes of Electronic Health Record | ||
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19. (1) The Executive shall, for the purposes of this Part, identify such health services providers that it considers hold personal health data specified in section 11 . | ||
(2) The Executive may, from time to time, whenever it considers it appropriate, request a health services provider identified under subsection (1) to provide the Executive with such class or classes of personal health data in respect of such class or classes of patient as the Executive considers appropriate and specifies in the request. | ||
(3) A request under subsection (2) shall be in writing and shall specify the following: | ||
(a) the reason for the request; | ||
(b) the period within which the request shall be complied with including, where information is to be updated, the period within which updates are to be made; | ||
(c) that the request should be complied with in a digital format, utilising the standards and interoperability requirements specified in the request; | ||
(d) that, if a health services provider fails to comply in whole or in part with the request within the period specified in paragraph (b) the Executive may, in accordance with section 20 , apply to the Circuit Court for an order directing the health services provider to comply with the request. | ||
(4) A health services provider shall comply with a request under subsection (2). | ||
(5) In this section, “health services provider” does not include the Executive. |