86.45 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
1. "Confidential information", for the purposes of this
section, means all information that is filed with the workers'
compensation commissioner as a result of an employee's injury or
death that would allow the identification of the employee or the
employee's dependents. Confidential information includes first
reports of injury and subsequent reports of claim activity.
Confidential information does not include pleadings, motions,
decisions, opinions, or applications for settlement that are filed
with the workers' compensation commissioner.
2. The workers' compensation commissioner shall not disclose
confidential information except as follows:
a. Pursuant to the terms of a written waiver of
confidentiality executed by the employee or the dependents of the
employee whose information is filed with the workers' compensation
commissioner.
b. To another governmental agency, or to an advisory, rating,
or research organization, for the purpose of compiling statistical
data, evaluating the state's workers' compensation system, or
conducting scientific, medical, or public policy research, where such
disclosure will not allow the identification of the employee or the
employee's dependents.
c. To the employee or to the agent or attorney of the
employee whose information is filed with the workers' compensation
commissioner.
d. To the person or to the agent of the person who submitted
the information to the workers' compensation commissioner.
e. To an agent, representative, attorney, investigator,
consultant, or adjuster of an employer, or insurance carrier or
third-party administrator of workers' compensation benefits, who is
involved in administering a claim for such benefits related to the
injury or death of the employee whose information is filed with the
workers' compensation commissioner.
f. To all parties to a contested case proceeding before the
workers' compensation commissioner in which the employee or a
dependent of the employee, whose information is filed with the
workers' compensation commissioner, is a party.
g. In compliance with a subpoena.
h. To an agent, representative, attorney, investigator,
consultant, or adjuster of the employee, employer, or insurance
carrier or third-party administrator of insurance benefits, who is
involved in administering a claim for insurance benefits related to
the injury or death of the employee whose information is filed with
the workers' compensation commissioner.
i. To another governmental agency that is charged with the
duty of enforcing liens or rights of subrogation or indemnity.
3. This section does not create a cause of action for a violation
of its provisions against the workers' compensation commissioner or
against the state or any governmental subdivision of the state.
86.45 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
1. "Confidential information", for the purposes of this
section, means all information that is filed with the workers'
compensation commissioner as a result of an employee's injury or
death that would allow the identification of the employee or the
employee's dependents. Confidential information includes first
reports of injury and subsequent reports of claim activity.
Confidential information does not include pleadings, motions,
decisions, opinions, or applications for settlement that are filed
with the workers' compensation commissioner.
2. The workers' compensation commissioner shall not disclose
confidential information except as follows:
a. Pursuant to the terms of a written waiver of
confidentiality executed by the employee or the dependents of the
employee whose information is filed with the workers' compensation
commissioner.
b. To another governmental agency, or to an advisory, rating,
or research organization, for the purpose of compiling statistical
data, evaluating the state's workers' compensation system, or
conducting scientific, medical, or public policy research, where such
disclosure will not allow the identification of the employee or the
employee's dependents.
c. To the employee or to the agent or attorney of the
employee whose information is filed with the workers' compensation
commissioner.
d. To the person or to the agent of the person who submitted
the information to the workers' compensation commissioner.
e. To an agent, representative, attorney, investigator,
consultant, or adjuster of an employer, or insurance carrier or
third-party administrator of workers' compensation benefits, who is
involved in administering a claim for such benefits related to the
injury or death of the employee whose information is filed with the
workers' compensation commissioner.
f. To all parties to a contested case proceeding before the
workers' compensation commissioner in which the employee or a
dependent of the employee, whose information is filed with the
workers' compensation commissioner, is a party.
g. In compliance with a subpoena.
h. To an agent, representative, attorney, investigator,
consultant, or adjuster of the employee, employer, or insurance
carrier or third-party administrator of insurance benefits, who is
involved in administering a claim for insurance benefits related to
the injury or death of the employee whose information is filed with
the workers' compensation commissioner.
i. To another governmental agency that is charged with the
duty of enforcing liens or rights of subrogation or indemnity.
3. This section does not create a cause of action for a violation
of its provisions against the workers' compensation commissioner or
against the state or any governmental subdivision of the state.
86.45 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
1. "Confidential information", for the purposes of this
section, means all information that is filed with the workers'
compensation commissioner as a result of an employee's injury or
death that would allow the identification of the employee or the
employee's dependents. Confidential information includes first
reports of injury and subsequent reports of claim activity.
Confidential information does not include pleadings, motions,
decisions, opinions, or applications for settlement that are filed
with the workers' compensation commissioner.
2. The workers' compensation commissioner shall not disclose
confidential information except as follows:
a. Pursuant to the terms of a written waiver of
confidentiality executed by the employee or the dependents of the
employee whose information is filed with the workers' compensation
commissioner.
b. To another governmental agency, or to an advisory, rating,
or research organization, for the purpose of compiling statistical
data, evaluating the state's workers' compensation system, or
conducting scientific, medical, or public policy research, where such
disclosure will not allow the identification of the employee or the
employee's dependents.
c. To the employee or to the agent or attorney of the
employee whose information is filed with the workers' compensation
commissioner.
d. To the person or to the agent of the person who submitted
the information to the workers' compensation commissioner.
e. To an agent, representative, attorney, investigator,
consultant, or adjuster of an employer, or insurance carrier or
third-party administrator of workers' compensation benefits, who is
involved in administering a claim for such benefits related to the
injury or death of the employee whose information is filed with the
workers' compensation commissioner.
f. To all parties to a contested case proceeding before the
workers' compensation commissioner in which the employee or a
dependent of the employee, whose information is filed with the
workers' compensation commissioner, is a party.
g. In compliance with a subpoena.
h. To an agent, representative, attorney, investigator,
consultant, or adjuster of the employee, employer, or insurance
carrier or third-party administrator of insurance benefits, who is
involved in administering a claim for insurance benefits related to
the injury or death of the employee whose information is filed with
the workers' compensation commissioner.
i. To another governmental agency that is charged with the
duty of enforcing liens or rights of subrogation or indemnity.
3. This section does not create a cause of action for a violation
of its provisions against the workers' compensation commissioner or
against the state or any governmental subdivision of the state.
