Confidentiality of notifications--Use of information in legal and regulatory actions

Any notification made pursuant to § 58-33-98 is confidential and privileged from disclosure in response to a subpoena or otherwise, and is not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private action. Nothing in §§ 58-33-93 to 58-33-116 , inclusive, limits the director's authority to use a report filed or information provided pursuant to §§ 58-33-93 to 58-33-116 , inclusive, in the furtherance of any legal or regulatory action that the director, in the director's sole discretion, determines to be necessary to further the purposes of §§ 58-33-93 to 58-33-116 , inclusive. Source: SL 2007, ch 292 , § 8.