Title 19 — Health
55 chapters · 745 sections in this title.
19 V.I.C. § 121 Definitions
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(a) “Health care facility” means hospitals; health care clinics; health centers; skilled nursing facilities; mental health facilities; kidney disease treatment centers, including freestanding hemodialysis units; intermediate care facilities; ambulatory surgical facilities; rehabi…
19 V.I.C. § 122 Establishment of the Territorial Chronic Kidney Disease, Stroke and Diabetes Registry
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(a) There is established within the Department of Health, the Territorial Chronic Kidney Disease, Stroke and Diabetes Registry. The Registry serves as the territorial surveillance system and repository of data regarding patients who have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease…
19 V.I.C. § 123 Participation in the program
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(a) Within 60 days of the enactment of this act, the Registry shall create a standardized form for each healthcare provider and health care facility to use to submit all reportable data. Each healthcare provider and health care facility shall report in an electronic format, or an…
19 V.I.C. § 124 Confidentiality
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(a) All chronic kidney disease, stroke and diabetes data provided to the Registry must be kept confidential. No information reported to the Registry which identifies or could lead to the identification of an individual patient may be disclosed to any person or entity; except that…
19 V.I.C. § 125 Disclosure
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(a) Chronic kidney disease, stroke and diabetes case data may be shared with chronic kidney disease, stroke and diabetes researchers or federal chronic kidney disease, stroke and diabetes control agencies for the purposes of chronic kidney disease, stroke and diabetes prevention,…
19 V.I.C. § 126 Liability
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(a) No person, who in good faith, discloses privileged or confidential information or provides chronic kidney disease, stroke and diabetes case reports to the Registry or allows the Registry access to a chronic kidney disease, stroke and diabetes case report is liable in any civi…
19 V.I.C. § 127 Penalties
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Any person who violates a reporting provision of this chapter or regulations or orders pertaining to the reporting of information to the Registry is subject to a civil fine of not less than $1,000 per case, but not more than $5,000 per case. Before assessing the fine, the Commiss…
19 V.I.C. § 128 Annual Report
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The Registry shall publish an annual statistical compilation that does not include identifying information showing the incidence of chronic kidney disease, stroke, and diabetes in the Territory.