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2022 Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.
Article 13 - Hospital Discharge Data
Section 22-21-418 - Liability.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 22-21-418 (2022)
Section 22-21-418
Liability.
(a) No person or entity may be held liable in any civil action with respect to a report or disclosure of discharge data made under this article, except under the following circumstances:
(1) The person or entity has knowledge of the falsity of the discharge data reported or disclosed.
(2) The discharge data is publicly disclosed in violation of this article or federal law regarding confidentiality of individually identifiable health information.
(3) The disclosure is made wantonly, arbitrarily, capriciously, or through an abuse of discretion.
(b) Nothing in this section is intended to create a new private cause of action in any court of this state.
(Act 2021-129, §9.)
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