2005 Minnesota Statutes - 144.69 — Classification of data on individuals.

     144.69 Classification of data on individuals. 


    Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section 
 13.05, subdivision 9, data collected on individuals by the 
 cancer surveillance system, including the names and personal 
 identifiers of persons required in section 144.68 to report, 
 shall be private and may only be used for the purposes set forth 
 in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68.  Any 
 disclosure other than is provided for in this section and 
 sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68, is declared to be a 
 misdemeanor and punishable as such.  Except as provided by rule, 
 and as part of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or 
 employee of the commissioner of health may interview patients 
 named in any such report, or relatives of any such patient, only 
 after the consent of the attending physician or surgeon is 
 obtained.  


    HIST: 1949 c 350 s 4; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 12