Article 1.--SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, ACTIVITIES
65-177.Study of diseases and deaths from maternity; "data" defined;causes; confidentiality, use; admissibility as evidence; reports, contents. The term "data" as used in this act shall be construed to include allfacts, information, records of interviews, written reports, statements,notes, or memoranda secured in connection with an authorized medicalresearch study.
The secretary of health and environment may receive data secured inconnection with medical research studies conducted for the purpose ofreducing morbidity or mortality from maternal, perinatal and anestheticcauses. Such studies may be conducted by the secretary of health andenvironment and his staff or with other qualified persons, agencies ororganizations. Where authorization to conduct such a study is granted bythe secretary of health and environment, all data voluntarily madeavailable to the secretary of health and environment in connection withsuch study shall be treated as confidential and shall be used solely forpurposes of medical research. Research files and opinions expressed uponthe evidence found in such research shall not be admissible as evidence inany action in any court or before any other tribunal: Provided,however, That any statistics or tables resulting from such data shall beadmissible as evidence: Provided, That this act shall not affect theright of any patient or his guardians, representatives or heirs to requirehospitals, physicians, sanatoriums, rest homes, nursing homes or otherpersons or agencies to furnish his hospital record to his representativesupon written authorization, or the admissibility in evidence thereof.
No employee of the secretary of health and environment shall interviewany patient named in any such report, nor any relative of any such patient:Provided, That nothing in this act shall prohibit the publication bythe secretary of health and environment or a duly authorized cooperatingperson, agency or organization, of final reports or statisticalcompilations derived from morbidity or mortality studies, which reports orcompilations do not identify individuals, associations, corporations orinstitutions which were the subjects of such studies, or reveal sources ofinformation.
History: L. 1961, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 352, §46; July 1.
Article 1.--SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, ACTIVITIES
65-177.Study of diseases and deaths from maternity; "data" defined;causes; confidentiality, use; admissibility as evidence; reports, contents. The term "data" as used in this act shall be construed to include allfacts, information, records of interviews, written reports, statements,notes, or memoranda secured in connection with an authorized medicalresearch study.
The secretary of health and environment may receive data secured inconnection with medical research studies conducted for the purpose ofreducing morbidity or mortality from maternal, perinatal and anestheticcauses. Such studies may be conducted by the secretary of health andenvironment and his staff or with other qualified persons, agencies ororganizations. Where authorization to conduct such a study is granted bythe secretary of health and environment, all data voluntarily madeavailable to the secretary of health and environment in connection withsuch study shall be treated as confidential and shall be used solely forpurposes of medical research. Research files and opinions expressed uponthe evidence found in such research shall not be admissible as evidence inany action in any court or before any other tribunal: Provided,however, That any statistics or tables resulting from such data shall beadmissible as evidence: Provided, That this act shall not affect theright of any patient or his guardians, representatives or heirs to requirehospitals, physicians, sanatoriums, rest homes, nursing homes or otherpersons or agencies to furnish his hospital record to his representativesupon written authorization, or the admissibility in evidence thereof.
No employee of the secretary of health and environment shall interviewany patient named in any such report, nor any relative of any such patient:Provided, That nothing in this act shall prohibit the publication bythe secretary of health and environment or a duly authorized cooperatingperson, agency or organization, of final reports or statisticalcompilations derived from morbidity or mortality studies, which reports orcompilations do not identify individuals, associations, corporations orinstitutions which were the subjects of such studies, or reveal sources ofinformation.
History: L. 1961, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 352, §46; July 1.
Article 1.--SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, ACTIVITIES
65-177.Study of diseases and deaths from maternity; "data" defined;causes; confidentiality, use; admissibility as evidence; reports, contents. The term "data" as used in this act shall be construed to include allfacts, information, records of interviews, written reports, statements,notes, or memoranda secured in connection with an authorized medicalresearch study.
The secretary of health and environment may receive data secured inconnection with medical research studies conducted for the purpose ofreducing morbidity or mortality from maternal, perinatal and anestheticcauses. Such studies may be conducted by the secretary of health andenvironment and his staff or with other qualified persons, agencies ororganizations. Where authorization to conduct such a study is granted bythe secretary of health and environment, all data voluntarily madeavailable to the secretary of health and environment in connection withsuch study shall be treated as confidential and shall be used solely forpurposes of medical research. Research files and opinions expressed uponthe evidence found in such research shall not be admissible as evidence inany action in any court or before any other tribunal: Provided,however, That any statistics or tables resulting from such data shall beadmissible as evidence: Provided, That this act shall not affect theright of any patient or his guardians, representatives or heirs to requirehospitals, physicians, sanatoriums, rest homes, nursing homes or otherpersons or agencies to furnish his hospital record to his representativesupon written authorization, or the admissibility in evidence thereof.
No employee of the secretary of health and environment shall interviewany patient named in any such report, nor any relative of any such patient:Provided, That nothing in this act shall prohibit the publication bythe secretary of health and environment or a duly authorized cooperatingperson, agency or organization, of final reports or statisticalcompilations derived from morbidity or mortality studies, which reports orcompilations do not identify individuals, associations, corporations orinstitutions which were the subjects of such studies, or reveal sources ofinformation.
History: L. 1961, ch. 289, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 352, §46; July 1.
