# The Data Protection (Subject Access Modification) (Health) Order 1987, Article 2


In this Order—
“the Act” means the Data Protection Act 1984;
“care” includes examination, investigation and diagnosis;
“dental practitioner” and “medical practitioner” mean, respectively, a person registered under the Dentists Act 1984 and the Medical Act 1983 ;
“health authority” has the same meaning as in section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 ;
“Health Board” has the same meaning as in section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;
“Health and Social Services Board” has the same meaning as in Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ;
“health professional” means any person listed in the Schedule to this Order; and “the subject access provisions” has the meaning which it has for the purposes of Part IV of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1903/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-subject-access-modification-health-order-1987/article-2
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