(a) Information accumulated and maintained in the Arkansas Central Cancer Registry shall not be divulged except for statistical information that does not identify individuals and for purposes of research by a qualified researcher.
(b) As used in this section, “qualified researcher” means a researcher from a recognized institution, including without limitation an academic, state or federal government, or nonprofit nongovernmental institution, and who is adequately trained about conditions where names and identities of individuals are appropriately protected while conducting research for the purposes of cancer prevention, control, and treatment.