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The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (Scotland) Order 2005

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Disclosure for medical purposesS

5.—(1) It is not an offence under section 22 of the Act to disclose protected information if–

(a)the disclosure is made to a health professional;

(b)the disclosure is made for medical purposes; and

(c)the person making the disclosure reasonably believes that the subject has given consent to the disclosure or cannot give such consent.

(2) For the purposes of this article–

(a)“medical purposes” includes the purposes of preventative medicine, medical diagnosis and the provision of care and treatment; and

(b)“health professional” means–

(i)a registered medical practitioner;

(ii)a registered dentist within the meaning of section 53(1) of the Dentists Act 1984(1);

(iii)[F1a pharmacist or pharmacy technician registered in Part 1 or 3 of one of the registers maintained under articles 10(1) and 21(1) of] the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 or a registered person within the meaning of article 2(2) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(2);

(iv)a registered nurse;

(v)any person who is registered under the [F2Health Professions Order 2001] as a paramedic or operating department practitioner; and

(vi)a person employed in a trainee capacity in any of the professions specified in this sub-paragraph.

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