Singapore legislation
Section 57B
Section 57B
Disclosure of information to prevent spread or possible outbreak of infectious disease, etc., as authorised by Director
(1)
The Director may, by written notice, authorise a healthcare provider to disclose to a specified recipient information, which identifies any person —
as a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease (called in this section the affected person); or
as being suspected to be an affected person,to enable the specified recipient to take the necessary measures to prevent the spread or possible outbreak of the infectious disease.
(2)
The Director may, in authorising the disclosure of any information under subsection (1) by a healthcare provider, impose any conditions on the healthcare provider or the specified recipient of that information, and the healthcare provider or specified recipient (as the case may be) must comply with the conditions.
(3)
A specified recipient of information provided under subsection (1) may disclose that information to another person providing a prescribed healthcare service to an affected person on behalf of the specified recipient, or use that information, only to the extent necessary to take the necessary measures to prevent the spread or possible outbreak of that infectious disease, but not otherwise.
(4)
Any person who, without reasonable excuse —
fails to comply with any condition imposed under subsection (2); or
contravenes subsection (3),shall be guilty of an offence.
(5)
This section does not affect any other right of disclosure under any written law or rule of law.
(6)
In this section —
Definition
“healthcare provider” means any person that provides a prescribed healthcare service;
Definition
“prescribed healthcare service” means any healthcare service prescribed for the purposes of this section;
Definition
“specified recipient” means any person that provides a prescribed healthcare service to an affected person.