Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of National Registry of Diseases Bill

Clause 4

National Registry of Diseases

There shall be a National Registry of Diseases, the functions of which are —

(a)

to collect information on reportable diseases that have been diagnosed and treated in Singapore;

(b)

to establish, keep and maintain for each reportable disease a register containing individually-identifiable information obtained under this Act;

(c)

to compile and publish statistics on the epidemiology, management and outcomes of reportable diseases;

(d)

to provide information for the purpose of supporting —

(i)

health services that are being provided by healthcare institutions to the patients thereof who are suffering from any reportable disease; and

(ii)

national public health policies, initiatives, programmes and related studies concerning any reportable disease; and

(e)

generally to do all such acts, matters and things as are necessary to be carried out under this Act.