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(LRC Revised)
Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 15 of 2014
HEALTH IDENTIFIERS ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 31 March 2022
Changes to legislation
as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the
Health Identifiers Act 2014
. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under
the
Law Reform Commission Act 1975
(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation
of statute law.
All Acts up to and including
Redundancy Payments (Amendment)
Act 2022
(3/2022), enacted 31 March 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and
including
Health Identifiers Act 2014 (Health Service Providers) Regulations 2022
(S.I. No. 156 of 2022), made 31 March 2022, were considered in the preparation of
this
Revised Act.
Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,
the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,
undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature
of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from
any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email
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Number
15
of
2014
HEALTH IDENTIFIERS ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 31 March
2022
CONTENTS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. Regulations
4. Expenses
PART 2
Individual Health Identifiers
5. Assignment of individual health identifier
6. Establishment and maintenance of National Register of Individual Health Identifiers
7. Use, etc., of other identifying particulars
8. Provision of other identifying particulars by Minister of Government
9. Information to be provided by an tArd-Chláraitheoir to Minister
10. Access to National Register of Individual Health Identifiers
11. Use of individual health identifier and National Register of Individual Health
Identifiers
12. Use of individual health identifier, and accessing of National Register of Individual
Health Identifiers, in another Member State
PART 3
Health Services Provider Identifiers
13. Assignment of health services provider identifier
14. Establishment and maintenance of National Register of Health Services Provider
Identifiers
15. Information to be provided by professional regulatory bodies
16. Information to be provided by relevant bodies
17. Information to be provided by health practitioners and relevant bodies concerning
relevant employees and relevant agents
18. Use of relevant particulars (health services provider) obtained by Minister
19. Access to National Register of Health Services Provider Identifiers
20. Use of health services provider identifier and National Register of Health Services
Provider Identifiers
PART 4
Offences
21. Offences relating to assignment of individual health identifiers
22. Offences relating to accessing and processing
23. Offence for specified person to access National Register of Individual Health
Identifiers purporting to be other specified person
24. Offences relating to assignment of health services provider identifiers
25. Offences by bodies corporate
PART 5
Delegation of Relevant Functions of Minister
26. Delegation of relevant functions of Minister
PART 6
Application of Data Protection Regulation
27. Application of Data Protection Regulation
PART 7
Miscellaneous
28. Investigations
29. Agreement to carry out certain activities
30. Verification
31. Data exchange agreements
32. Processing of personal data
33. Minister’s power to specify form of documents
34. Minister’s power to extend time
35. Amendment of Dentists Act 1985
36. Amendment of section 52 of Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005
37. Amendment of section 35 of Pharmacy Act 2007
38. Amendment of section 57 of Medical Practitioners Act 2007
39. Amendment of section 55 of Nurses and Midwives Act 2011
SCHEDULE 1
Authorised Disclosees (Persons Who May Process Relevant Information (Individuals)
for Particular Secondary Purposes)
SCHEDULE 2
Persons Who Fall within Paragraph (b) of Definition of “Specified Person” in Section 2(1)
Acts Referred to
Civil Registration Act 2004
(No. 3)
Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003
(No. 6)
Data Protection Act 1988
(No. 25)
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
Dentists Act 1985
(No. 9)
Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013
(No. 14)
Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005
(No. 27)
Health Insurance Act 1994
(No. 16)
Medical Practitioners Act 2007
(No. 25)
Nurses and Midwives Act 2011
(No. 41)
Opticians Act 1956
(No. 17)
Pharmacy Act 2007
(No. 20)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
(No. 26)
Number
15
of
2014
HEALTH IDENTIFIERS ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 31 March 2022
An Act to provide for the assignment of a unique number to an individual to whom a
health service is being, has been or may be provided; to provide for the assignment
of a unique number to a person who provides a health service; to make provision for
the establishment and maintenance of registers in respect of such numbers and other
particulars of the individuals and other persons to whom the numbers are assigned;
to make provision for the basis on which such registers may be accessed and the personal
data contained therein may be processed; to provide for the delegation by order to
the Health Service Executive of certain functions conferred on the Minister for Health;
to provide for the consequential amendment of other enactments; and to provide for
related matters. [8
th July
, 2014]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows
CONTENTS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. Regulations
4. Expenses
PART 2
Individual Health Identifiers
5. Assignment of individual health identifier
6. Establishment and maintenance of National Register of Individual Health Identifiers
7. Use, etc., of other identifying particulars
8. Provision of other identifying particulars by Minister of Government
9. Information to be provided by an tArd-Chláraitheoir to Minister
10. Access to National Register of Individual Health Identifiers
11. Use of individual health identifier and National Register of Individual Health
Identifiers
12. Use of individual health identifier, and accessing of National Register of Individual
Health Identifiers, in another Member State
PART 3
Health Services Provider Identifiers
13. Assignment of health services provider identifier
14. Establishment and maintenance of National Register of Health Services Provider
Identifiers
15. Information to be provided by professional regulatory bodies
16. Information to be provided by relevant bodies
17. Information to be provided by health practitioners and relevant bodies concerning
relevant employees and relevant agents
18. Use of relevant particulars (health services provider) obtained by Minister
19. Access to National Register of Health Services Provider Identifiers
20. Use of health services provider identifier and National Register of Health Services
Provider Identifiers
PART 4
Offences
21. Offences relating to assignment of individual health identifiers
22. Offences relating to accessing and processing
23. Offence for specified person to access National Register of Individual Health
Identifiers purporting to be other specified person
24. Offences relating to assignment of health services provider identifiers
25. Offences by bodies corporate
PART 5
Delegation of Relevant Functions of Minister
26. Delegation of relevant functions of Minister
PART 6
Application of Data Protection Regulation
27. Application of Data Protection Regulation
PART 7
Miscellaneous
28. Investigations
29. Agreement to carry out certain activities
30. Verification
31. Data exchange agreements
32. Processing of personal data
33. Minister’s power to specify form of documents
34. Minister’s power to extend time
35. Amendment of Dentists Act 1985
36. Amendment of section 52 of Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005
37. Amendment of section 35 of Pharmacy Act 2007
38. Amendment of section 57 of Medical Practitioners Act 2007
39. Amendment of section 55 of Nurses and Midwives Act 2011
SCHEDULE 1
Authorised Disclosees (Persons Who May Process Relevant Information (Individuals)
for Particular Secondary Purposes)
SCHEDULE 2
Persons Who Fall within Paragraph (b) of Definition of “Specified Person” in Section 2(1)
Number
15
of
2014