Singapore legislation

Clause 18

of Health Information Bill

Clause 18

Authorised individuals of users

(1)

For the purposes of this Part, “authorised individual” of a specified user means any individual who —

(a)

is any of the following:

(i)

an individual who is employed or engaged by the specified user;

(ii)

an enlisted personnel of the specified user;

(iii)

an individual who provides, as a volunteer, any service to the specified user or to any other person acting on behalf of the specified user;

(b)

is specified, or belongs to any class of individuals specified opposite the specified user in the second column of Part 1 of the Second Schedule;

(c)

is authorised by the specified user to access and collect accessible health information about any individual in the ordinary course of the individual’s duties for the specified user; and

(d)

is approved by a System Operator.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part, “authorised individual” of an approved user means an individual who —

(a)

is any of the following:

(i)

an individual who is employed or engaged by the approved user;

(ii)

an enlisted personnel of the approved user;

(iii)

an individual who provides, as a volunteer, any service to the approved user or to any other person acting on behalf of the approved user; and

(b)

is specified (by name or description), or belongs to a class of individuals specified, in the notification published in respect of the approved user in accordance with section 20(2).

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