Recent Amendments To The Regulation On Personal Health Data

I. Introduction

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Personal Health Data, was published in the Official Gazette dated 3 December 2025 and entering into force on the same date ("Amending Regulation"), introducing several significant amendments to the Regulation on Personal Health Data dated 21 June 2019 and numbered 30808 ("Regulation"), which sets out the procedures and principles to be complied with in processes and practices carried out by the Ministry of Health and relevant institutions and organizations. Within this scope, substantial amendments have been introduced in areas such as access to personal health data, data processing processes relating to children, arrangements concerning persons with disabilities, and access in the capacity of a proxy.