When technology is used for medical purposes, it
gives rise to medico legal and techno legal issues. In United States,
the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA),
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
(HITECH Act), etc are some of the laws that take care of medico legal
and techno legal issues of e-health and telemedicine.
On the contrary, we have no dedicated e-health and telemedicine laws in India. Even essential attributes of these laws like privacy protection, data protection, data security, cyber security, confidentiality maintenance, etc are not governed by much needed dedicated laws.
However, numerous statues carry individual provisions that may be applicable to e-health and telemedicine activities in India. For instance, the e-governance and e-commerce related aspects of e-health and tele medicine may be governed by the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act 2000) that is the cyber law of India. All electronic contraventions and violations pertaining to e-health and tele medicine can be regulated b the IT Act 2000.
Similarly, privacy and data protection aspects in cyberspace pertaining to e-health are also governed by the IT Act 2000.
On the contrary, we have no dedicated e-health and telemedicine laws in India. Even essential attributes of these laws like privacy protection, data protection, data security, cyber security, confidentiality maintenance, etc are not governed by much needed dedicated laws.
However, numerous statues carry individual provisions that may be applicable to e-health and telemedicine activities in India. For instance, the e-governance and e-commerce related aspects of e-health and tele medicine may be governed by the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act 2000) that is the cyber law of India. All electronic contraventions and violations pertaining to e-health and tele medicine can be regulated b the IT Act 2000.
Similarly, privacy and data protection aspects in cyberspace pertaining to e-health are also governed by the IT Act 2000.
See Corporate Laws In India for more.
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