2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-6e. Traumatic brain injury patient registry.
Sec. 19a-6e. Traumatic brain injury patient registry. The Department of Public
Health shall establish a registry of data on traumatic brain injury patients. Each hospital,
as defined in section 19a-490, shall make available to the registry such data concerning
each traumatic brain injury patient admitted to such hospital as the Commissioner of
Public Health shall require by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54. The
data contained in such registry may be used by the department and authorized researchers
as specified in such regulations, provided no personally identifiable information concerning any such traumatic brain injury patient may be disclosed by the registry without
the written consent of such patient or a person authorized by law to consent on behalf
of such patient. The data contained in the registry shall not be subject to disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200. The commissioner may
enter into a contract with a nonprofit association in this state concerned with the prevention and treatment of brain injuries to provide for the implementation and administration
of the registry established pursuant to this section.
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