Dear Listers,

The Digital Health Act No. 15 of 2023 was enacted on the 19th October, 2023. The Act confers upon the Cabinet Secretary for Health, in consultation with the Digital Health Agency and the County Governments, the power to make Regulations under section 60 for various matters required to be prescribed under the Act, in particular, health information management policies and procedures, the use of e-Health applications and technologies, medical devices and innovations, data quality and data protection audits and the establishment and implementation of the data exchange component as per the Kenya Health Enterprise Architecture. To this end and pursuant to section 60 of the Digital Health Act;

IT IS NOTIFIED for information of the general public that the Cabinet Secretary for Health, in consultation with the Digital Health Agency and the County Governments, through a Technical Working Group comprised of officers from the Ministry of Health, the Council of Governors, County Governments, the Digital Health Agency, the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice, the Kenya Law Reform Commission and the National Assembly, has developed the following three (3) sets of draft regulations to the Digital Health Act:

1. The Digital Health (Health Information Management) Regulations, 2024
2. The Digital Health (Data Exchange) Regulations, 2024
3. The Digital Health (Use of e-Health Applications and Technologies) Regulations, 2024

Link to the Notice: https://health.go.ke/sites/default/files/2024-11/037DNC21112024.pdf

Lin to the Regulations: https://health.go.ke/social-health-regulations 

The comments, views, representation and any written memoranda may be forwarded to the Office of the Principal Secretary, State Department for Medical Services, Nairobi; hand-delivered to the Office of the Principal Secretary, State Department for Medical Services on Afya House 6th Floor, Nairobi; or emailed to dharegulations@dha.go.ke; to be received on or before, 19th December, 2024, at 5:00 pm.

Listers are encouraged to review and submit comments. You can share here your views to be incorpoarated in the memorandum. 

Regards,

Victor Kapiyo