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North Dakota Statutes, Title 54

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Title 54, State Government

128 chapters · 1,256 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 541,256 Ch 54-52, Public Employees Retirement System55 Ch 54-17, Industrial Commission49 Ch 54-06, General Provisions43 Ch 54-12, Attorney General42 Ch 54-01, Sovereignty and Jurisdiction of State40 Ch 54-35, Legislative Management39 Ch 54-52.1, Uniform Group Insurance Program39 Ch 54-44.3, Central Personnel System37 Ch 54-03, Legislative Assembly35 Ch 54-59, Information Technology Department33 Ch 54-52.6, Defined Contribution Retirement Plan32 Ch 54-27, Fiscal Administration31 Ch 54-60, Department of Commerce27 Ch 54-30, Bonds of North Dakota, Real Estate S…25

33 sections·Filtered byTitle 54✕Ch 54-59✕

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-01 Definitions
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As used in this chapter: 1. "Agency" or "entity" does not include any agricultural commodity promotion group or any occupational or professional board. 2. "Cybersecurity" means processes or capabilities, wherein, systems, communications, and information are protected and defended…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-02 Information technology department - Responsibility - Public policy
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The information technology department is established with the responsibility for all wide area network services planning, selection, and implementation for all state agencies, including institutions under the control of the board of higher education, counties, cities, and school …
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-02.2 Distributed ledger technologies - Authorization - Pilot program - Report
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The department shall research and develop the use of distributed ledger-enabled platform technologies, such as blockchains, for computer-controlled programs, data transfer and storage, and program regulation to protect against falsification, improve internal data security, and id…
N.D.C.C. § 54-59-03 Chief information officer of the state
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The governor shall appoint the chief information officer of the state. The governor shall appoint the chief information officer on the basis of education, experience, and other qualifications in information technology and administration. The position of chief information officer …

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-04 Duties of chief information officer

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The chief information officer shall: 1. Administer the department. 2. Employ any personnel determined to be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the department and duties as prescribed by law. 3. Fix the salaries of all employees within the department, within the limits…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-05 Powers and duties of department

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The department: 1. Shall provide, supervise, and regulate information technology of all executive branch state entities, excluding the institutions under the control of the state board of higher education. 2. Shall provide network services in a way that ensures the network requir…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-06 Business plan

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The department shall develop and maintain a business plan. The business plan must: 1. Define the department's overall organization, mission, and delivery of services. 2. Define the department's short-term and long-term goals and objectives based on customer needs. 3. Outline the …

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-08 Required use of wide area network services

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Each state agency and institution that desires access to wide area network services and each county, city, and school district that desires access to wide area network services to transmit voice, data, or video outside that county, city, or school district shall obtain those serv…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-09 Information technology standards

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Based on information from state agencies and institutions, the department and the office of management and budget shall develop statewide information technology policies, standards, and guidelines. The policies, standards, and guidelines must recognize the uniqueness of certain a…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-10 Information technology coordinators

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Each agency or institution shall appoint an information technology coordinator. The coordinator shall maintain liaison with the department and assist the department in areas related to making the most economical use of information technology.

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-11 Information technology plans

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Each executive branch state agency or institution, excluding the institutions under the control of the board of higher education, unless the chief information officer grants an exemption, shall participate in the information technology planning process based on guidelines develop…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-11.1 Information technology project planning

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Each executive branch state agency, excluding entities under the control of the state board of higher education, considering the development of an information technology project with an estimated cost of one hundred thousand dollars or more shall involve the information technolog…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-12 Coordination of activities - Reports

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The department shall cooperate with each state entity providing access to any computer database or electronically filed or stored information under subsection 4 of section 44-04-18 to assist in providing economical, efficient, and compatible access. The chief information officer …

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-14 Information technology operating fund - Continuing appropriation - Report

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1. The department shall establish a state information technology operating fund in the state treasury to be used for procuring and maintaining information technology and network services and for providing information technology and network services to state entities and network s…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-15 Acceptance of funds

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The department may accept federal or other funds, which must be deposited in the information technology operating fund or other funds specified by the office of management and budget and which may be spent subject to legislative appropriation. The department may apply for any pub…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-16 Confidentiality

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The department may receive from various agencies and various agencies may provide to the department any information from the agencies necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter without regard to the confidential nature of the information. Each agency shall notify the depart…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-19 Information technology department annual report

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The department shall prepare and present an annual report to the information technology committee. The report must contain: 1. A list of all projects for which financing agreements have been executed. 2. A comparison of the department's rates charged for services compared to rate…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-20 Security background information

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The chief information officer may require as a condition of employment or as a condition of contracting with the department that individuals, including any individuals employed by the contractor or a subcontractor to perform work under the contract, who have unescorted physical a…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-22 Required use of electronic mail, file and print server administration, database administration, application server, and hosting services

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Each state agency and institution, excluding the legislative and judicial branches, the institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, the attorney general, and any entity exempted by the office of management and budget after advisement by the information …

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-22.1 Required use of centralized desktop support services

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1. The following state agencies shall obtain centralized desktop support services from the information technology department: a. Office of administrative hearings. b. Office of the governor. c. Commission on legal counsel for indigents. d. Public employees retirement system. e. N…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-23 Information technology projects - Reports

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1. An executive, legislative, or judicial branch agency, except for institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, shall report to the department before September first of each even-numbered year regarding the plan for and status of any information technol…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-24 Borrowing authority - E-rate funding - Emergency commission approval

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Notwithstanding the limitations provided in section 54-59-05 and upon the approval of the emergency commission, the department may borrow from the Bank of North Dakota an amount necessary to pay telecommunications costs for connecting approved schools and libraries in the event e…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-26 Health information technology office - Duties - Loan and grant programs

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1. The health information technology office is created in the department. 2. The health information technology office director shall: a. Apply for federal funds that may be available to assist the state and health care providers in implementing and improving health information te…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-27 Health information technology office - Electronic health information exchange fund

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1. There is created an electronic health information exchange fund. The fund consists of moneys deposited in the fund from federal or other sources or moneys transferred into the fund as directed by the legislative assembly. The health information technology office shall administ…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-28 Participation in the health information exchange by executive branch state agencies and institutions of higher education

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1. Before January 1, 2015, each executive branch state agency and each institution of higher education that implements, acquires, or upgrades health information technology systems shall use health information technology systems and products that meet minimum standards adopted by …

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-29 Health information exchange - Confidential and exempt records

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Information submitted to, stored in, or transmitted by the health information exchange under this chapter and any such data or record in the possession of the health information technology office is an exempt record under chapter 44-04 unless the information is confidential under…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-30 Immunity for reliance on data from the health information exchange

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A health care provider that relies in good faith upon any information provided through the health information exchange in the treatment of a patient is immune from criminal or civil liability arising from any damages caused by that good-faith reliance. The immunity granted under …

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-31 Certified electronic health records systems

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1. An executive branch state agency, an institution of higher education, and any health care provider or other person participating in the health information exchange may use only an electronic health record system for use in the exchange which is certified under rules adopted by…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-32 Major information technology projects - Oversight

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1. An executive branch state agency, excluding institutions under the control of the state board of higher education, proposing to conduct a major information technology project, the department, and the office of management and budget, in consultation with the attorney general, s…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-34 Statewide longitudinal data system - Information technology department - Duties

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1. The department shall manage a statewide longitudinal data system among education, workforce, and training entities that: a. Provides for the dissemination of management information to stakeholders and partners of state education, training, and employment systems; b. Is require…

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-36 Statewide longitudinal data system - Report to legislative management

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During each interim the department shall provide a report regarding the statewide longitudinal data system to one or more committees designated by the legislative management and shall provide recommendations for further development, cost proposals, proposals for legislation, and …

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-37 Statewide longitudinal data system - Continuing appropriation

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The department may solicit and receive gifts, grants, and donations from public and private sources. Any moneys received in accordance with this section are appropriated on a continuing basis for the support of the statewide longitudinal data system.

N.D.C.C. § 54-59-39 State agencies - Mandatory provision of information - Confidentiality

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1. The information technology department may request from any state agency: a. All information required by 20 U.S.C. 9871(e)(2)(D); b. Any other educational information required for a longitudinal data system to comply with state or federal law; and c. Unemployment insurance wage…