Public Health (Corona Sampling and Testing) Regulations, 5781-2021

An operator of a corona testing site or collection point registered in the registry shall not conduct sampling or a corona test except by means of medical equipment designated for that test which the Director has permitted to be used and in accordance with the conditions that the Director has instructed in writing in that regard; for the purposes of this regulation, "medical equipment" – as defined in the Medical Equipment Law, 5772-2012.

In this Section, "operator" – an operator of a corona testing site through which remote supervision of a remotely supervised home self-test is conducted, or an operator of a collection point for a remotely supervised home self-test.

An operator or remote sampler shall not activate photography pursuant to this Section unless all of the following conditions have been met:

A remote sampler shall not conduct photography pursuant to this Section unless all of the following conditions have been met:

The Director may require an operator of a corona testing site or an operator of a collection point to provide the Director, upon demand, with information, documents and data required for the purpose of supervising the conduct of rapid corona tests and for the purpose of protecting public health, including information regarding the location of a corona testing site or collection point and the number of tests conducted therein; in these Regulations, "document" – including a printout as defined in the Computers Law, 5755-1995.

The notebooks and records of a corona testing site or a collection point shall have the same status as a medical record for the purposes of the Patient Rights Law, 5756-1996, and any other law.

A person who, on the eve of the commencement of these Regulations, conducted a test at a corona testing site or a collection point may continue to conduct tests as aforesaid for an additional period of 14 days from the day of commencement of these Regulations, even without complying with the provisions of these Regulations.

Nothing in these Regulations shall derogate from the provisions of the Public Health (Treatment of Waste in Medical Institutions) Regulations, 5757-1997, or from the laws of privacy and information security.

The Director shall submit to the Labour, Welfare and Health Committee of the Knesset, within 60 days of the day of commencement of these Regulations, and every two months thereafter, a report regarding the implementation of these Regulations, including regarding the operators of the corona testing site or collection points that have been registered, the number of tests conducted at each corona testing site or collection point, excluding serological tests, the quality of the tests, the samplers operating at corona testing sites or collection points, their training and experience, the geographical area of the corona testing sites and collection points, as well as a report on compliance with the provisions pursuant to regulations 12 and 14 of these Regulations.

These Regulations, with the exception of regulations 15 and 16 and Section C of Chapter III, shall not apply to a corona testing site or collection points operated by a hospital or a health fund, nor to a corona testing site or collection points operated by the State or on its behalf.

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations 11 and 12, an operator of a collection point may operate it without a sampler or by means of a remote sampler if authorised to do so by the Director and subject to the conditions of the authorisation; regulations 14b and 14c shall apply in respect of such a collection point.

I, the undersigned, ________, identity number ________, (a copy of an identity card must be attached), hereby give my consent to the effect that the authorised body in the Ministry of Health, at any time and upon its request, shall be entitled to receive in respect of me information from the criminal record as defined in the Criminal Record and Rehabilitation Law, 5741-1981 (hereinafter – the Criminal Record Law), in the framework of my application to be registered in the registry of operators of a corona testing site / collection point pursuant to the Public Health (Corona Sampling and Testing) Regulations, 5781-2021; it is hereby clarified that this consent of mine also applies to the disclosure of criminal information to the said body from time to time for the purpose of carrying out periodic monitoring of changes that have occurred in the criminal information concerning me.

It has been clarified to me hereby that I am entitled pursuant to the Criminal Record Law to inspect at a police station the records maintained in my name in the criminal database, and that if I have a criminal record, I am entitled to attach information regarding my rehabilitation or personal circumstances, so that these may be taken into account when examining my application.

I am aware that this consent of mine is valid throughout the entire period of my tenure as a holder / as an office holder [please delete the inapplicable] in the holder of the registration or throughout the entire period of the registration in connection with which it was given, whichever is the earlier.

I am aware that by this consent I waive receipt of notice of the disclosure of the information, all subject to the provisions of the Criminal Record Law.

I, the undersigned, _______, identity number _________, (a copy of an identity card must be attached), hereby give on behalf of ________[full name of the corporation on whose behalf the consent is given] corporation number ________ my consent to the effect that the authorised body in the Ministry of Health, at any time and upon its request, shall be entitled to receive in respect of the said corporation information from the criminal record as defined in the Criminal Record and Rehabilitation Law, 5741-1981 (hereinafter – the Criminal Record Law), in the framework of the corporation's application to be registered in the registry of operators of a corona testing site / collection point pursuant to the Public Health (Corona Sampling and Testing) Regulations, 5781-2021; it is hereby clarified that this consent of mine also applies to the disclosure of criminal information to the said body from time to time for the purpose of carrying out periodic monitoring of changes that have occurred in the criminal information concerning me.

It has been clarified to me hereby that I am entitled pursuant to the Criminal Record Law to inspect at a police station the records maintained in the name of the corporation in the criminal database, and that if the corporation has a criminal record, I am entitled to attach information regarding its rehabilitation or circumstances, so that these may be taken into account when examining the application.

I am aware that by this consent I waive receipt of notice of the disclosure of the information, all subject to the provisions of the Criminal Record Law.

I, the undersigned, advocate ________ hereby confirm that according to the incorporation documents and decisions of the corporation _______ (name of corporation) number ________ (identification number of the corporation), Mr./Ms. ________ bearing identity card number _________ is authorised to undertake on behalf of the corporation in all matters relating to the application to be registered in the registry of operators of a corona testing site or a collection point pursuant to the Public Health (Corona Sampling and Testing) Regulations, 5781-2021.