The title of this Order is the Digital Health and Care Wales (Establishment and Membership) Order 2020.

This Order comes into force on 30 December 2020.

In this Order—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

• “clinical officer” (“swyddog clinigol”) means an officer who is a registered healthcare professional; registered medical practitioner; registered nurse; registered pharmacist; dental practitioner; or optometrist;

• “DHCW” (“IGDC”) means Digital Health and Care Wales;

• “dental practitioner” (“ymarferydd deintyddol”) means a person registered under the Dentists Act 19842;

• “digital platforms, systems and services” (“platfformau, systemau a gwasanaethau digidol”) means hardware, software and other arrangements for the digital collection, storage, processing, analysis, use and dissemination of health service data;

• “health service data” (“data gwasanaethau iechyd”) means data processed for or in connection with the provision or promotion of services under the Act;

• “optometrist” (“optometrydd”) means a person registered in the register of optometrists maintained under section 7 of the Opticians Act 19893;

• “registered healthcare professional” (“proffesiynolyn gofal iechyd cofrestredig”) means a person registered on the register maintained by the Health and Care Professions Council in accordance with article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 20014;

• “registered medical practitioner” (“ymarferydd meddygol cofrestredig”) means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 19835 who holds a licence to practice under that Act;

• “registered nurse” (“nyrs gofrestredig”) means a nurse, midwife or nursing associate registered in the register maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 20016 by virtue of a qualification which is an approved qualification for the purposes of registration in the relevant part of the register;

• “registered pharmacist” (“fferyllydd cofrestredig”) means a person registered as a pharmacist in Part 1 or 4 of the register maintained under article 19 of the Pharmacy Order 20107.