§ 1407-C. Consent and confidentiality of health information
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public WelfareEffective: July 8, 2016
Effective: July 8, 2016
62 P.S. § 1407-C
Formerly cited as PA ST 35 P.S. § 510.701
§ 1407-C. Consent and confidentiality of health information
(1) Nothing under this article shall be construed to prohibit a health care provider or payer from obtaining and storing a patient's health records in electronic form or exchanging health information with another health care provider or payer in accordance with Federal or State law other than this article.
(1) In order to decline participation in the health information exchange, a patient must sign and date a form declining participation. If appropriate, the signature must be witnessed by the patient's representative. Copies of the completed form shall be sent by the provider within five business days to the department to be included in an opt-out registry.
(1) The department may not disclose, without prior written consent of the patient, any health information that the department or the department's employees, agents or contractors retain under this article, or to which the department or the department's agents or contractors have access or any other health records maintained or accessible by the department under this article, to any person who is not an authorized employee, agent or contractor of the department, except as required or permitted by law.
(e) Construction.--Nothing under this article may be construed to alter a proprietary interest held by a participant in a record, data or information released, accepted or included in the health information exchange, except that the paperwork approved by the department may require participants to license the interests by contract in order to allow for the free flow of information.
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1967, June 13, P.L. 31, No. 21, art. XIV-C, § 1407-C, added 2016, July 8, P.L. 480, No. 76, § 10, imd. effective.
62 P.S. § 1407-C, PA ST 62 P.S. § 1407-C
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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