§324-22  Identity of persons studied andmaterial, restrictions.  (a)  The material collected under this part shallbe used or published only for the purpose of advancing medical research,medical education, or education of the public in the interest of reducingmorbidity or mortality; provided that the Hawaii Tumor Registry may reveal allrelevant information to a patient's attending physician.

(b)  The identity or any group of facts thattends to lead to the identity of any person whose condition or treatment hasbeen studied shall be confidential and shall not be revealed in any report orany other matter prepared, released, or published.  Researchers, however, mayuse the names of persons when requesting additional information for researchstudies after being approved by the cancer commission of the Hawaii MedicalAssociation and the appropriate federally authorized human subjects protectionboard.

(c)  The use of additional information obtainedby researchers shall also be governed by subsection (a) and, in addition, wherethe patient is still living and the information is to be obtained directly fromthe patient, the researcher shall first obtain the approval of the patient orthe patient's immediate family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, in thatorder of priority. [L 1973, c 25, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1997, c 383, §41;am L 2008, c 117, §4]