Ministerial Decision No. 51/2021 On the Cases of Allowing the Storage and Transfer of Medical Data and Information Out of the State
The Minister of Health and Prevention,
After perusal of Federal Law No. 1/1972 on the powers of the Ministries and Competencies of the Ministers, and its amendments;
Federal Decree-Law No. 4/2016 on Medical Liability;
Federal Law No. 2/2019 on the use of information technology and communications in the health fields, and its Implementing Regulation;
Cabinet Decision No. 11/2021 on the organisational structure of the Ministry of Health and Prevention; and
Based on the requirements of the public interest;
Has decided:
Article 1
1- The definitions of the terms and expressions included in aforementioned Federal Law No. 2/2019 shall be the same for the terms and expressions included in this Decision.
2- In the present Decision, the expression 'medical services provided inside the State' shall refer to any medical activity or procedure carried out by a medical facility operating in the State, whether in the scope of diagnosis, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation or health monitoring.