Register of Names and Addresses (Access for Medical Purposes) (Jersey) Regulations 2015

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Register of Names and Addresses (Access for Medical Purposes) (Jersey) Regulations 2015

Regulation

1             Interpretation. 3

2             Access to the Register by the Minister for Health and Social Services. 3

3             Citation. 4

Table of Legislation History. 5

Table of Endnote References. 5

Register of Names and Addresses (Access for Medical Purposes) (Jersey) Regulations 2015

1        Interpretation[1]

In these Regulations –

“health professional” means a person who is registered under any of the following enactments –

(a)     Medical Practitioners (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1960;

(b)     Dentistry (Jersey) Law 2015;

(c)     Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians (Registration) (Jersey) Law 2010;

(d)     Opticians (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1962;

(e)     Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995;

“medical purposes” includes any of the following –

(a)     preventative medicine;

(b)     medical diagnosis;

(c)     medical research;

(d)     the provision of care and treatment;

(e)     the management of healthcare services.

2        Access to the Register by the Minister for Health and Social Services

(1)     The Minister for Health and Social Services may use any registrable fact for medical purposes.

(2)     For the purposes of paragraph (1), “use” includes disclosure of any registrable fact to –

(a)     a person who is a health professional;

(b)     a person who, in the circumstances of the disclosure, owes a duty of confidentiality equivalent to that which would arise if that person were a health professional,

provided that the disclosure is on condition that the use by that person of the registrable fact is for medical purposes and that such use is in the course of the person acting for or on behalf of the Minister for Health and Social Services.

3        Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Register of Names and Addresses (Access for Medical Purposes) (Jersey) Regulations 2015.

Endnotes

Table of Legislation History

Table of Endnote References