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National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)RegulationsRegulations relating to Cancer Registration11. Offences and penalties |
Any person who—
| (a) | is liable to register a condition contemplated in these regulations but fails to do so, or fails to comply with any of the provisions of these regulations; |
| (b) | fails to perform a duty imposed on him or her; |
| (c) | falsifies any record by adding to, or deleting, or changing any information contained in the record; |
| (d) | creates, changes or destroys a record without authority to do so; |
| (e) | provides false information with the intent that it be included in a record; |
| (f) | without authority, copies any part of the record; |
| (g) | without authority, connects the personal data of a patient's record with any information of that record that concerns that patient's history and/or examination; |
| (h) | gains unauthorised access to a record or record-keeping system, including intercepting information in transit from one person, or part of a record-keeping system, to another; |
| (i) | without authority connects any part of a computer or electronic system on which records are kept to— |
| (i) | any other computer or electronic system, or |
| (ii) | any terminal or other installation connected to or forming part of any other computer or electronic system or; |
| (j) | without authority, modifies or impairs the operation of any part of the operating system of a computer or other electronic system on which a patient's records are kept; or any part of the programme used to record, store, retrieve or display information on a computer or other electronic system on which a patient's records are kept; |
| (k) | commits an offence and if found guilty, may be liable to a fine. |
