Clause 2

disease prevention;

the detection of any disease or condition that the individual is or may be suffering from;

where the individual suffers or has suffered from any disease or condition, the rehabilitation of the individual or the alleviation of the disease or condition;

where the individual is or is at risk of being socially isolated or physically or mentally frail, the prevention or mitigation of the individual’s social isolation or frailty;

the assessment of the individual’s need for any healthcare service or another community health service, and the planning for and coordination of the provision of any such service to the individual;

any other purpose that may be prescribed;“computer” means any electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other data processing device performing logical, arithmetic or storage functions, and includes any data storage facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with any such device, but does not include any device as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe;“computer system” means an arrangement of interconnected computers that is designed to perform one or more specific functions, and includes —

an information technology system; and

an operational technology system such as an industrial control system, a programmable logic controller, a supervisory control and data acquisition system or a distributed control system;“contribute”, in relation to health information about an individual, means to contribute that health information to the national electronic records system for the purposes of Part 2;“contributor”, in relation to the national electronic records system, means a specified contributor or an approved contributor;“HCSA licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide a licensable healthcare service;“health data intermediary” means a person that processes health information or relevant information on behalf of another person for the purposes of this Act, but does not include an employee of that other person;“health product” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Health Products Act 2007;“healthcare service” and “licensable healthcare service” have the meanings given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;“investigation officer” means a public officer or an officer of a public authority who is appointed as such under section 89(1)(b);“national electronic records system” means the computer system mentioned in section 7(1);“process”, in relation to health information or relevant information, means to carry out any operation or set of operations in relation to the health information or relevant information (as the case may be), and includes any of the following:

to record;

to hold;

to organise, adapt or alter;

to retrieve;

to combine;

to transmit or convey;

to erase or destroy,and “processing” has a corresponding meaning;“public agency” means any ministry, department or Organ of State of the Government or a public authority;“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, excluding a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988;“qualified pharmacist” means a person who —

is registered as a pharmacist under the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007;

holds a valid practising certificate granted under that Act; and

is practising pharmacy, whether on a full‑time or part‑time basis or as a locum;“relevant HDI” means a health data intermediary that operates a computer or computer system that —

processes health information about individuals for the purposes of facilitating and organising the provision of any healthcare service or community health service; and

is interconnected with the national electronic records system;“relevant information” has the meaning given by section 46(1);“retail pharmacy” and “retail pharmacy business” have the meanings given by regulation 2 of the Health Products (Licensing of Retail Pharmacies) Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 330/2016);“retail pharmacy licensee” means a person who holds a licence issued under the Health Products Act 2007 to carry on a retail pharmacy business at or from the retail pharmacy specified in the licence;“specified contributor”, in relation to the national electronic records system, means a person mentioned in section 12(1);“specified user”, in relation to the national electronic records system, means a person mentioned in section 19(1);“System Operator”, in relation to the national electronic records system, means a person designated under section 8(1);“user”, in relation to the national electronic records system, means a specified user or an approved user.