§329-54 Cooperative arrangements and confidentiality. [Section effective until December 31, 2023. For section effective January 1, 2024, see below.] (a) The department of public safety shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, it may:
(b) Results, information, and evidence received from the Bureau relating to the regulatory functions of this chapter, including results of inspections conducted by it may be relied and acted upon by the department of public safety in the exercise of its regulatory functions under this chapter.
(c) A practitioner engaged in medical research is not required or compelled to furnish the name or identity of a research subject to the department of public safety, nor may the practitioner be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceedings to furnish the name or identity of any research subject that the practitioner is obligated to keep confidential unless the subject violates section 329-41 or 329-46 or commits an offense pursuant to part IV of chapter 712. [L 1972, c 10, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1990, c 281, §10; am L 1997, c 280, §5; am L 2016, c 218, §14]
§329-54 Cooperative arrangements and confidentiality. [Section effective January 1, 2024. For section effective until December 31, 2023, see above.] (a) The department of law enforcement shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, it may:
(b) Results, information, and evidence received from the Bureau relating to the regulatory functions of this chapter, including results of inspections conducted by it may be relied and acted upon by the department of law enforcement in the exercise of its regulatory functions under this chapter.
(c) A practitioner engaged in medical research is not required or compelled to furnish the name or identity of a research subject to the department of law enforcement, nor may the practitioner be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceedings to furnish the name or identity of any research subject that the practitioner is obligated to keep confidential unless the subject violates section 329-41 or 329-46 or commits an offense pursuant to part IV of chapter 712. [L 1972, c 10, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1990, c 281, §10; am L 1997, c 280, §5; am L 2016, c 218, §14; am L 2022, c 278, §17]