- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As enacted)
Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Act 2016
You are here:
What Version
Advanced Features
Opening Options
More Resources
Status:
This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
2Database of innovative treatments
This section has no associated Explanatory Notes
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision conferring functions on the Health and Social Care Information Centre (“the HSCIC”) in connection with the establishment, maintenance and operation of a database containing information about—
(a)innovative medical treatments carried out by doctors in England, and
(b)the results of such treatments.
(2)In this section, “innovative medical treatment” means medical treatment for a condition that involves a departure from the existing range of accepted medical treatments for the condition.
(3)Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular—
(a)confer power on the HSCIC to make provision about—
(i)the information to be recorded in the database, and
(ii)procedures relating to the recording of information in the database;
(b)make provision for and in connection with access to information recorded in the database.
(4)The provision that may be made by virtue of subsection (3)(b) includes, in particular—
(a)provision requiring or authorising the HSCIC to disclose information—
(i)to specified persons or descriptions of person, or
(ii)for use for specified purposes;
(b)provision requiring or authorising the HSCIC to impose conditions to be complied with by persons to whom information is disclosed by virtue of paragraph (a) (which may include conditions restricting the use or further disclosure of information).
(5)Regulations under subsection (1) may be made in relation to innovative medical treatments generally or innovative medical treatments falling within a specified description.
(6)Before making regulations under subsection (1) the Secretary of State must consult the HSCIC.
(7)In this section, “specified” means specified in regulations under subsection (1).
(8)The power to make regulations under subsection (1) is exercisable by statutory instrument; and an instrument containing such regulations is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Act
PrintThe Whole Cross Heading
PrintThis Section only
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
See additional information alongside the content
Show Explanatory Notes for Sections: Displays relevant parts of the explanatory notes interweaved within the legislation content.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
Explanatory Notes
Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
More Resources
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- correction slips
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.