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125.37 - RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL.

        125.37  RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL.
         1.  The registration and other records of facilities shall remain
      confidential and are privileged to the patient.
         2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, the director may make available
      information from patients' records for purposes of research into the
      causes and treatment of substance abuse. Information under this
      subsection shall not be published in a way that discloses patients'
      names or other identifying information.
         3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section
      a patient's records may be disclosed to medical personnel in a
      medical emergency with or without the patient's consent.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C75, 77, § 125.20, 224B.23; C79, 81, § 125.37]
         Referred to in § 125.3, 125.7, 125.93