2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 35 - CANCER
SECTION 44-35-40. Confidentiality; data release protocol.
Information that could identify the cancer patient must be kept strictly confidential in accordance with the administrative policy of the Department of Health and Environmental Control. This information must not be open for inspection except by the individual patient or the patient's authorized representative. Procedures for the disclosure of confidential information to researchers for the purposes of cancer prevention, control, and research must be promulgated in regulations. The data release protocol developed in coordination with the South Carolina Budget and Control Board, Office of Research and Statistical Services, must be utilized by the registry to determine appropriate use and release of cancer registry data.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-614; 1952 Code Section 32-614; 1947 (45) 539; 1980 Act No. 303, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 352, Section 2.
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