Infectious Diseases Act 1976 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Enforcement
57A. Disclosure of information by Director-General of Health to prevent spread or possible outbreak of infectious disease, etc.
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Subject to subsection (2), the Director-General of Health may disclose any information obtained by him or her under this Act which identifies any person who is, or is suspected to be, a case or an at-risk individual of an infectious disease —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;
to any person if the disclosure is necessary for the person to take measures to prevent the spread or possible outbreak of the infectious disease; or
to the World Health Organization or a State Party to the World Health Organization if the disclosure is necessary to comply with an international obligation of Singapore.
The Director-General of Health may, in disclosing any information to any person under subsection (1)(a), impose any conditions that the Director-General of Health thinks fit and the person to whom the information is disclosed must comply with the conditions.
A person to whom the Director-General of Health has disclosed any information under subsection (1)(a) may only disclose or use the information to the extent necessary for implementing any measure permitted by the Director-General of Health for the purpose of preventing the spread or possible outbreak of that infectious disease, but not otherwise.
infectious disease
“infectious disease” means —(a)any of the diseases specified in the First Schedule; and(b)for the purposes of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 17A, 19, 55, 57A and 59A, includes any other disease —(i)that is caused or is suspected to be caused by a micro‑organism or any agent of disease;(ii)that is capable or is suspected to be capable of transmission by any means to human beings; and(iii)that, the Director has reason to believe, if left uninvestigated or unchecked, is likely to result in an epidemic of the disease;
Any person who —
fails to comply with any condition imposed under subsection (2); or
contravenes subsection (3),shall be guilty of an offence.
This section applies without affecting any other right of disclosure under this Act or any other written law or rule of law.