§1105.6. Reports; liability for
A. No action for damages arising from the disclosure of confidential or privileged information may be maintained against any person, or the employer or employee of any person, who participates in good faith in the reporting of cancer registry data or data for cancer morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with this Part.
B. No license of a health care provider may be denied, suspended, or revoked for good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged information or the reporting of cancer registry data or data for cancer morbidity studies in accordance with this Part.
C. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to apply to the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or privileged information when such disclosure is due to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
D. All information reported pursuant to this Part shall be confidential and privileged. The president shall take strict measures to ensure that all identifying information is kept confidential.
E. All information regarding case-specific data, as distinguished from group, tabular, or aggregate data concerning patients or health care providers contained in records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the president or by any other person, agency, or organization acting in connection with cancer morbidity and mortality studies shall be confidential and privileged and shall be used solely for the purposes of the study. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the president from publishing compilations relating to morbidity and mortality studies which do not identify case-specific data or sources of information.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 653, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1197, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 197, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.85 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
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