§329-104 Confidentiality of information; disclosure of information. (a) The information collected under this part shall not be available to the public or used for any commercial purpose. Ownership of all data collected shall reside with the State.
(b) Responsibility for limiting access to information in the system is vested in the administrator. Access to the information collected at the central repository pursuant to this part shall be confidential, and access to the information shall be limited to personnel of the designated state agency.
(c) This section shall not prevent the disclosure, at the discretion of the administrator, of investigative information to:
Information disclosed to a registrant, pharmacist, or authorized government agency under this section shall be transmitted by a secure means determined by the designated agency.
(d) No person shall knowingly disclose or attempt to disclose, or use or attempt to use, information in the system in violation of this section. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony.
(e) The designated state agency shall purge or cause to be purged from the central repository system, no later than five years after the date a patient's prescription data are made available to the designated state agency, the identification number of the patient, unless the information is part of an active investigation. [L 1996, c 268, pt of §2; am L 1999, c 145, §1; am L 2001, c 162, §1; am L 2006, c 69, §6; am L 2009, c 11, §42; am L 2010, c 123, §8; am L 2016, c 218, §17; am L 2019, c 230, §1]