Registration and records of treatment facilities — Confidentiality — Exception
Known as the Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Treatment Act
The act spans §§ 33–33 (25 sections).
Acts 1990, ch. 639, § 7; 1993, ch. 234, § 8; T.C.A., § 33-8-508; Acts 2009, ch. 186, § 33; T.C.A. § 68-24-508.
(1) The registration and other records of treatment facilities shall remain confidential and are privileged.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the director may make available information from patients' records for purposes of research into the causes and treatment of alcoholism. Information under this subsection (b) shall not be published in a way that discloses patients' names or other identifying information.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.