(1) The registration and other records of treatment facilities shall remain confidential and are privileged to the patient.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the director may make available information from patients' records for purposes of research into the causes and treatment of alcohol use disorders. Information under this subsection (2) must not be published in a way that discloses patients' names or other identifying information.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or limit the sharing of information by a state institution of higher education police department to authorized university administrators pursuant to section 23-5-141, C.R.S.