Title 1, STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT

Any hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 34-12 , physician licensed pursuant to chapter 36-4 , physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 36-4A , certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife licensed pursuant to chapter 36-9A , pathology laboratory, or free-stan…

Any statistical summary of data collected under the provisions of §§ 1-43-11 to 1-43-17 , inclusive, shall be available to the public, but may not be sold by the Department of Health or any agent under contract or agreement with the department pursuant to § 1-43-12 . Any data rel…

Good faith reporting or disclosure pursuant to §§ 1-43-11 to 1-43-16 , inclusive, does not constitute a libel or slander or violation of the right of privacy or privileged communication. Any person who in good faith complies with the reporting requirements of §§ 1-43-11 to 1-43-1…

The Department of Health, by agreement, may transmit transcripts or copies of reports of cancer diagnoses to state or national cancer registries if the reports relate to residents of other states or countries. The agreement shall require that the transcripts or records be used un…

The Department of Health shall coordinate the establishment and maintain oversight of a comprehensive health data system for the purposes of: (1) Health care planning, policy development, policy evaluation, and research by federal, state, and local governments; (2) Monitoring pay…

The head of the Department of Health is the secretary of health. He shall administer all the functions of the former position of state health officer, created by chapter 34-1 . Source: SL 1973, ch 2 , § 211; SL 1974, ch 3 , § 27. 1-43-2.1

In establishing a health care data system pursuant to § 1-43-19 , the Department of Health may by contract or agreement authorize any person or any public or private entity or any combination of persons or entities to implement and maintain any portion of the health care data sys…

The Department of Health shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to provide for the establishment, maintenance, and use of a health care data system pursuant to §§ 1-43-19 and 1-43-20 . The rules shall include: (1) A listing of specific data elements to be reported; (2) C…

Annual reports of data collected pursuant to §§ 1-43-19 to 1-43-21 , inclusive, shall be available to the public. Any data released shall be presented in a manner such that no person may be identified. Source: SL 1993, ch 23 , § 6; SL 2013, ch 154 , § 3. 1-43-25 1-43-25 to 1-43-2…

Nothing established in §§ 1-43-19 and 1-43-33 , or in any rules promulgated pursuant thereto requires any health facility as defined in chapter 34-12 to provide any information which would violate the provisions of § 36-4-26.1 . Source: SL 1994, ch 24 , § 5; SL 2013, ch 154 , § 8…

Implementation of the comprehensive health data system shall be contingent upon the receipt of federal or other funds by the Department of Health or other relevant state agencies to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of §§ 1-43-19 and

The Department of Health shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , to specify criteria, procedures, and forms for submitting health related data and to establish standards for information collection. Source: SL 1994, ch 24 , § 7.

Each person hired by the Department of Health, within the forensic chemistry unit of the State Public Health Laboratory or the Office of Vital Records, shall submit to a criminal background investigation, by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation an…