Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) Regulations Regulations relating to the Processing of Data Subjects' Health Information by Certain Responsible Parties, 2026 Chapter 1 : Definitions 1. Definitions

 

In these Regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act has the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates:

 

“administrative bodies”

means any responsible party who processes health information of a data subject in implementing laws, regulations and the reintegration of or support for workers or persons entitled to benefit in connection with health covers;

 

“benefit”

means, for the purpose of these Regulations, a payout or other form of compensation or reimbursement or medical cover due and payable in terms of an obligation in law, insurance policy, or contract;

 

“employer”

means a person, company, or organisation that pays others to work for them, often under their direction, in exchange for wages or a salary, forming a contractual relationship for work;

 

“health information”

means personal information relating to the physical and/or mental health of a data subject, including the provision of healthcare services and/or any testing, treatment, and diagnosis which reveals information about the data subject’s health status;

 

“insurance company”

means a company that provides and sells insurance;

 

“insurance policy”

has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Insurance Act, 2017 (Act No. 18 of 2017);

 

“managed healthcare”

means clinical and financial risk assessment and management of health care, with a view to facilitating appropriateness and cost-effectiveness of relevant health services within the constraints of what is affordable, through the use of rules-based and clinical management-based programmes as referred to in the Regulations of the Medical Schemes Act GNR.1360 of 2002 with effect from 1 January 2003;

 

“managed healthcare organisation”

means a person who has contracted with a medical scheme in terms of regulation 15A to provide a managed healthcare service as referred to in the Regulations of the Medical Schemes Act GNR.1360 of 2002 with effect from 1 January 2003;

 

“medical scheme”

means any medical scheme registered under section 24(1) of the Medical Schemes Act, 1998 (Act No. 131 of 1998);

 

“medical scheme administrator”

means any person who has been accredited by the Council in terms of section 58 of the Medical Schemes Act, 1998 (Act No. 131 of 1998);

 

“pension fund”

means a pension fund organisation, as referred to in section 1 of the Pension Funds Act, 1956 (Act No. 24 of 1956), and section 1 of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962); and

 

“the Act”

means the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act 4 No. of 2013).