Appointment of Registrar, etc.
Open ↗3.—(1) The Director‑General must, with the approval of the Minister, appoint a Registrar who is responsible for the administration of the Registry.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]
(2) The Director‑General may, with the approval of the Minister, appoint —(a)
a Deputy Registrar;
(b)
one or more Assistant Registrars; and
(c)
such other Registry officers as the Director‑General may consider necessary,
to assist the Registrar in the administration of the Registry.
[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]
(3) The Director‑General may appoint any public officer or employee of any statutory body to be an agent of the Registry to assist in the collection and collation of any information under this Act, subject to such conditions and limitations as the Director‑General may specify.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023]
(4) The Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrars, Registry officers and agents of the Registry are deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code 1871.
National Registry of Diseases
Open ↗4. A National Registry of Diseases is established, the functions of which are —(a)
to collect information on reportable diseases that have been diagnosed and treated in Singapore;
(b)
to establish, keep and maintain for each reportable disease a register containing individually‑identifiable information obtained under this Act;
(c)
to compile and publish statistics on the epidemiology, management and outcomes of reportable diseases;
(d)
to provide information for the purpose of supporting —(i)
health services that are being provided by healthcare institutions to the patients of the healthcare institutions who are suffering from any reportable disease; and
(ii)
national public health policies, initiatives, programmes and related studies concerning any reportable disease; and
(e)
generally to do all such acts, matters and things as are necessary to be carried out under this Act.
Registers
Open ↗5.—(1) The Registrar must keep and maintain for each reportable disease a register containing individually-identifiable information of each person who is diagnosed with and treated for that disease in Singapore.
(2) The registers kept and maintained under subsection (1) must not be open for inspection by the public.
