2014 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services.
Article 17 - Provider Sponsored Organization Licensing.
§ 131E-310 - Confidentiality of medical information.

131E-310. Confidentiality of medical information.

Any data or information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any beneficiary or applicant obtained from the person or from any provider by any provider sponsored organization or by any provider acting pursuant to its provider contract with a provider sponsored organization shall be held in confidence and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent that it may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article; or upon the express consent of the beneficiary or applicant; or pursuant to statute; or pursuant to court order for the production of evidence or the discovery thereof; or in the event of claim or litigation between such person and the provider sponsored organization wherein such data or information is pertinent. A provider sponsored organization shall be entitled to claim any statutory privileges against such disclosure which the provider who furnished such information to the provider sponsored organization is entitled to claim. (1998-227, s. 1; 1999-272, s. 2.)