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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 52:9YY-6

Disclosure of health data, conditions

Known as the Health Data Act

The act spans §§ 52:9YY-1 to 52:9YY-9 (8 sections).

L.2001, c.192, s.6; amended 2010, c.87, s.14.

6. a. The department shall make no disclosure of any health data which identifies a person's health status or utilization of health care unless the person described in the data has consented to the disclosure.

b. A person or entity to whom the department has disclosed health data shall make no disclosure of any health data which identifies a person's health status or utilization of health care unless the person described in the data has consented to the disclosure.

c. No identifiable health data obtained by the department shall be subject to subpoena or similar compulsory process in a civil or criminal, judicial, administrative or legislative proceeding, nor shall a person or entity with lawful access to identifiable health data pursuant to this act be compelled to testify with regard to that data; except that data pertaining to a party in litigation may be subject to subpoena or similar compulsory process in an action brought by or on behalf of that party to enforce a liability arising under this act.

Current official text: New Jersey Legislature. Digitized from the New Jersey Legislature bulk statutes download. Reproduced from public-domain New Jersey statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.