Title 19 — Health
55 chapters · 745 sections in this title.
19 V.I.C. § 160 Short title
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This act may be cited as “The Electronic Health Records Act”.
19 V.I.C. § 161 Purpose
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The purpose of the Electronic Health Records Act is to provide for the use, disclosure and protection of electronic health records.
19 V.I.C. § 162 Definitions
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(a) As used in the Electronic Health Records Act:(a) “demographic information” means information that identifies the individual who is the subject of the health care information, including the individual's name, date of birth and address and other information that identifies the …
19 V.I.C. § 163 Electronic health records; electronic signatures; legal recognition
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If a law or rule requires a health record to be in writing, or if a law or rule requires a signature pertaining to a health record, an electronic health record or an electronic signature satisfies that law or rule except where excluded by court rules.
19 V.I.C. § 164 Retention of health records
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(a) If a law or rule requires that a health record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record that:(1) accurately reflects the health record after it was first generated and in its final form as an electronic health record or otherwise; and(2) rem…
19 V.I.C. § 165 Use and disclosure of electronic health care information
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(a) A provider, health care institution, health information exchange or health care group purchaser shall not use or disclose health care information in an individual's electronic health record to another person in violation of territorial or federal law and without the consent o…
19 V.I.C. § 166 Liability
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If an individual requests to exclude all of the individual's information from the record locator service pursuant to subsection (e) of § 165 of the Electronic Health Records Act, the record locator service, health information exchange, health care institution or provider shall no…
19 V.I.C. § 167 Out-of-territory disclosures
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A disclosure otherwise permissible under the Electronic Health Records Act may be made to providers, health care group purchasers, health care institutions, health information exchanges or record locator services located or operating outside of the territory.
19 V.I.C. § 168 Exclusion of certain insurers
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Nothing in the Electronic Health Records Act may be construed to apply to a person operating as a property and casualty insurer, workers' compensation insurer, life insurer, long-term care insurer or disability income insurer.