214.420 Records declared confidential -- Application.
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The General Assembly hereby declares that confidentiality is essential for the
proper administration and operation of sexually transmitted disease control
activities in this state and that the principle of confidentiality must remain inviolate.
All information, records, and reports in the possession of local health departments
or the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and which concern persons infected
with or suspected of being infected with or tested for or identified in an
epidemiologic investigation for sexually transmitted disease are hereby declared to
be strictly confidential and only personnel of local health departments and the
Cabinet for Health and Family Services who are assigned to sexually transmitted
disease control activities shall have access to such information, records, and reports.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing:
(a) The release of medical information to the physician retained by the person
infected with or suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted
disease;
(b) The release of medical or epidemiological data or information for statistical
purposes in a manner so that no individual person can be identified;
(c) The release of medical information with the written consent of all persons
identified in the information to be released;
(d) The release of medical or epidemiological information necessary to enforce
the provision of the rules and regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services, issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, relating to the control and
treatment of sexually transmitted disease; and
(e) The release of medical information made to medical personnel in a medical
emergency to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of the named
party.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 458, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 405, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts
ch. 294, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986.
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