Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

37.   Processing concerning health or medical purposes

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    (1)   Sensitive personal data may be processed for health and hospital care purposes, if the sensitive personal data is processed by a health practitioner or other person subject to the obligation of professional confidentiality and the processing is necessary for —

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      (a)     preventive medicine and the protection of public health;

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      (b)     medical diagnosis;

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      (c)     medical research; and (Substituted by Act 2 of 2015)

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      (d)     management of health and hospital care services.

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    (2)   For the purposes of subsection (1), “health practitioner” means a person who is registered under the Health Practitioners Act.

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    (3)   Where —

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      (a)     an enactment specifically governs the processing of sensitive personal data for health purposes; and

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      (b)     there is an inconsistency between this Act and the other enactment,

that other enactment shall prevail.

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    (Inserted by Act 2 of 2015)