PART 7
MISCELLANEOUS
Confidentiality of information, etc.
51.—(1) Except in criminal proceedings for an offence under this Act, the Director and an authorised officer are not compellable in any proceedings to give evidence in respect of, or to produce, any document, information, electronic material or data storage device which has been obtained from any licensee or any other person in the course of carrying out any investigation or performing any duty or function under this Act.
(2) The Director and an authorised officer must not disclose any medical information contained in the medical record of any individual, or information relating to the condition, treatment or diagnosis of any individual, that has come to the knowledge of the Director or authorised officer in the course of carrying out any investigation or performing any duty or function under this Act, unless the disclosure is made—
- (a) under or for the purpose of administering and enforcing—
- (i) this Act;
- (ii) the CareShield Life and Long-Term Care Act 2019 (Act 26 of 2019);
- (iii) the Health Products Act (Cap. 122D);
- (iv) the Human Biomedical Research Act 2015 (Act 29 of 2015);
- (v) the Human Organ Transplant Act (Cap. 131A);
- (vi) the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137);
- (vii) the Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act (Cap. 173A);
- (viii) the Medicines Act (Cap. 176);
- (ix) the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015 (Act 4 of 2015);
- (x) the National Registry of Diseases Act (Cap. 201B);
