IrelandHealth Information Act 2026 Sections 7, 8 and 13 to 15, Duty to Share Health Data and Patient Access to Electronic Health Records
Health Information Act 2026 (No. 10 of 2026), ss. 7-8, 13-15
A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Data subject rights, Disclosure
As of .
What it requires
- If you are a health services provider treating a patient, forward the personal health data you consider relevant, necessary and proportionate to another provider also treating the patient, in a digital format using the standards in the guidelines and within the period they specify (Health Information Act 2026 Section 7).
- If a patient asks you in writing to furnish a copy of the patient's personal health data to another provider of the patient, furnish it free of charge as soon as practicable and within one month of receiving the notice (Section 8, paragraphs 1 and 2).
- After furnishing the copy, advise the patient or the specified person in writing that you have done so (Section 8, paragraph 3).
- If you are the Health Service Executive, provide access to an Electronic Health Record to the patient, an appropriate person and a provider treating the patient, let a patient request rectification, and make information about each access available to the patient free of charge and without delay (Sections 13 and 15).
What this law does
A health services provider treating a patient must forward the personal health data it considers relevant, necessary and proportionate to another provider also treating the patient, for integrated care and continuity of care. The data must be forwarded in a digital format that uses the standards in the guidelines and within the period the guidelines specify.
A patient may ask a health services provider in writing to furnish a copy of the patient's personal health data to another provider of the patient. The provider must furnish the copy free of charge as soon as practicable and within one month of receiving the notice. The Executive must give the patient, an appropriate person, a treating provider and its own staff or agents doing necessary maintenance and verification access to an Electronic Health Record.
The Executive must provide measures for a patient to request rectification of information in the patient's Electronic Health Record. A patient or an appropriate person may restrict access by health services providers to all or part of the patient's Electronic Health Record. The Executive must make available without delay and free of charge information about any access to the patient's Electronic Health Record.
When LexLint raises it
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