C2C1C4C5Part 1The Care Quality Commission
Pt. 1 excluded (6.4.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.16, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/807), arts. 1(1)(a), 14(4)(c)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (6.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 57(1), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 4 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)
Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (6.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 57(1)(2), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 4 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)
C2C1C3Chapter 6Miscellaneous and General
Pt. 1 Ch. 6 modified by 2004 c. 17, s. 10(1) (as substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/813), arts. 1(1), 15)
Information
I180Code of practice on confidential personal information
1
The Commission must prepare and publish a code in respect of the practice it proposes to follow in relation to confidential personal information.
2
The code must in particular make provision—
a
about the obtaining by the Commission of information which, once obtained, will be confidential personal information, and
b
about the handling, use and disclosure by the Commission of confidential personal information.
3
Before publishing the code, the Commission must consult—
b
such other persons as it considers appropriate.
4
The Commission must keep the code under review and, if it considers it appropriate, from time to time publish a revised code (and references in this section to the code include any revised code).
5
In this section “confidential personal information” means information which—
a
is obtained by the Commission on terms or in circumstances requiring it to be held in confidence, and
b
relates to and identifies an individual.
6
For the purposes of subsection (5)(b), information obtained by the Commission is to be treated as identifying an individual if the individual can be identified from a combination of—
a
the information, and
b
other information obtained by the Commission.
Pt. 1 excluded (6.4.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.16, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/807), arts. 1(1)(a), 17(4)(c)(5)(b)