§324-43 - Use of collected information.
[§324-43] Use of collected information. (a) The information collected under this part shall be used by the department of health or researchers only for the purpose of advancing medical and public health research, medical education, or education of the public in the interest of reducing morbidity or mortality, and only as approved by an institutional review board.
(b) The identity of, or any information which alone or in combination with other reasonably available information that may be used to identify, any person whose condition or treatment has been studied under this part shall be confidential.
(c) If the [birth defects program] or researchers intend to collect additional information directly from a patient or patient's relative for research studies approved by an institutional review board, the researcher shall first obtain approval for the request from the patient's attending physician. The use of the additional information obtained by researchers shall be governed by subsection (a). [L 2002, c 252, pt of §2]