All hospitals, health providers, birth centers, clinics, medical records departments, third party payors, laboratories, universities, and other sources of birth defects information shall provide access to all health or medical records for the purpose of surveillance and identification of birth defects in accordance with procedures promulgated by the department in regulation. This access is protected by state and federal law concerning birth defects monitoring, and confidentiality must be maintained by the department in accordance with Section 44-44-140. Individually identifiable data may not be made available to the public.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 281, Section 1, eff May 11, 2004.
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