Legislation
Rules for interpretation and regulations on the use of social welfare and health care registers and documents for research purposes.
General Data Protection Regulation
Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data
Most important general acts
- Data Protection Act (1050/2018, Finlex)
- Act on the Openness of Government Activities (621/1999, Finlex)
National social welfare and health care registers and statistics
- Communicable Diseases Act (1227/2016, Finlex)
- Statistics Act (280/2004, Finlex, in Finnish)
- Decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on Chargeable Services by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (160/2023, Finlex, in Finnish)
Social welfare and health care documents
- Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (785/1992, Finlex)
- Decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on Patient Documents (94/2022, Finlex, in Finnish)
- Act on the Status and Rights of Social Welfare Clients (812/2000, Finlex, in Finnish)
- Act on Determining the Cause of Death (459/1973, Finlex, in Finnish)
Medical research
- Medical Research Act (488/1999, Finlex)
- Act on the Medical use of Human Organs, Tissues and Cells (101/2001, Finlex)
- Government Decree on Medical use of Human Organs, Tissues and Cells (594/2001, Finlex, in Finnish)
Archiving
Starting from 1 April 2020, the Health and Social Data Permit Authority Findata handles the data permit applications concerning THL's registers and other confidential documents in accordance with the Act on Secondary Use of Health and Social Data.