Health Act 2007

F58[Submission of information to chief inspector in accordance with regulations under section 101B

65A

65A. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 65, the registered provider of a specified designated centre shall submit to the chief inspector such information relating to the designated centre as may be prescribed in regulations under section 101B(1)(a).

(2) Where the information submitted by a registered provider under subsection (1) is, in the reasonable opinion of the chief inspector, incomplete, the chief inspector may request that the registered provider submit such further information as is necessary for the registered provider to be in compliance with subsection (1).

(3) Where the chief inspector makes a request under subsection (2), the registered provider shall comply with the request.

(4) The information to be submitted to the chief inspector under subsections (1) and (2) shall be submitted in accordance with any regulations made under section 101B, and in such manner and form as the chief inspector considers appropriate.

(5) The chief inspector shall establish and maintain a record of the information submitted by registered providers under this section.

(6) If the chief inspector becomes aware that any particular in the record is incorrect, he or she may make such alteration to the record as he or she considers necessary to correct the particular and shall notify the registered provider concerned in writing of any such alteration.

(7) The chief inspector may use information submitted by a registered provider of a specified designated centre under this section where necessary for the purposes of carrying out the chief inspector’s functions.

(8) Subject to subsection (9), the chief inspector shall, in accordance with any regulations made under section 101B(1), provide such information submitted to him or her under this section as is prescribed under paragraph (b) of that section, or data derived from that information, to—

(a) the Minister,

(b) the Authority,

(c) the Executive, and

(d) such public bodies as are prescribed in regulations under section 101B(1)(d).

(9) Information or data provided by the chief inspector under subsection (8) shall exclude any information or data that may identify or could reasonably lead to the identification of an individual.

(10) The chief inspector shall, in accordance with any regulations made under section 101B(1)(e), publish—

(a) aggregated information in relation to a specified designated centre for the purpose of informing residents, prospective residents, or the family members of such residents or prospective residents, in relation to decisions that they might wish to make in connection with that specified designated centre, and

(b) aggregated information, using any geographic, temporal or other categorisation that the chief inspector considers appropriate.

(11) In this section—

"aggregated information" means data derived from information submitted to the chief inspector under this section, which excludes any information that identifies or could reasonably lead to the identification of—

(a) where subsection (10)(a) applies, an individual, or

(b) where subsection (10)(b) applies, an individual or a particular specified designated centre;

"public body" means—

(a) a Minister of the Government, or

(b) a person, body or organisation established—

(i) by or under any enactment (other than the Companies Act 2014 or a former enactment relating to companies within the meaning of section 5 of that Act), or

(ii) under the Companies Act 2014 or a former enactment relating to companies within the meaning of section 5 of that Act, in pursuance of powers conferred by or under another enactment,

and financed wholly or partly, whether directly or indirectly, by means of moneys provided, or loans made or guaranteed, by a Minister of the Government or the issue of shares held by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government;

"specified designated centre" means a designated centre to which paragraph (a)(iii) or (c) of the definition of "designated centre" in section 2(1) applies.]

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F58

Inserted (23.09.2024) by Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Act 2024 (29/2024), s. 11, S.I. No. 461 of 2024.