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§ 521.15. Confidentiality of reports and records

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: November 3, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 3. Prevention of Spread of Diseases (Refs & Annos)
Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955 (Refs & Annos)
Effective: November 3, 2020
35 P.S. § 521.15
§ 521.15. Confidentiality of reports and records
Currentness
(a) Except as provided under section 15.1,1 State and local health authorities may not disclose reports of diseases, any records maintained as a result of any action taken in consequence of such reports, or any other records maintained pursuant to this act or any regulations, to any person who is not a member of the department or of a local board or department of health, except as follows:
(1) Where necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
(2) Where necessary to inform the public of the risk of a communicable disease.
(b) State and local health authorities may permit the use of data contained in disease reports and other records, maintained pursuant to this act, or any regulation, for research purposes, subject to strict supervision by the health authorities to insure that the use of the reports and records is limited to the specific research purposes.

Credits

1956, April 23, P.L. (1955) 1510, § 15. Amended 2020, Nov. 3, P.L. 1093, No. 112, § 2, imd. effective.

Footnotes

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35 P.S. § 521.15a.
35 P.S. § 521.15, PA ST 35 P.S. § 521.15
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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