D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B217

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 22-B217 - CONFIDENTIALITY

217.1

The Department shall use information from reports submitted pursuant to these rules for statistical and public health purposes only.

217.2

No person shall disclose or re-disclose identifying information included in a cancer report submitted pursuant to this chapter unless:

(a) Disclosure of the information is essential to safeguard the physical health of others;

(b) The person who is the subject of the identifying information gives his or her prior, written permission;

(c) The person with whom the identifying information is shared is a state cancer registry that provides assurances that the confidentiality of the identifying information will be preserved; or

(d) A court finds, upon clear and convincing evidence and after granting the person who is the subject of the identifying information an opportunity to contest the disclosure, that disclosure is essential to safeguard the physical health of other.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B217

Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 3493 (May 19, 2000)