1. Eveyone has the right to inviolability of their private life.
2. Information regarding the medical treatment of a patient, the diagnosis and prognosis of a
   disease, as well as information obtained by medical practitioners during the medical treatment process regarding the private life of a patient and his or her closest relatives, shall be confidential.
3. Information regarding a patient may be provided to:
   1) other medical practitioners for the purpose of achieving the objectives of the medical
   treatment;
   2) the Medical Commission for Expert-Examination of Health and Working
   Ability(MCEEHWA); and
   3) the Quality Control Inspection for Expert-Examination in Medical Care and Ability to
   Work.
4. Information regarding a patient shall be provided to a court, the Office of the Prosecutor, the police, the State Centre for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (inspectors), an Orphan's court (a parish court), as well as to investigative institutions only at the written request of such institutions if there is a permission signed by the head of the medical treatment institution.
5. Information regarding a patient may be used in scientific research if the anonymity of the patient is guaranteed or his or her consent has been received.
6. The patient has a right to change from practising physician. In this case, the practising physician has the duty to send a copy of all medical information about the patient to the patient's new practising physician.
7. The patient, as a data subject, has the right to gain access to his/her personal data and make amendments thereto.

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