135.145 - INFORMATION SHARING.
135.145 INFORMATION SHARING.
1. When the department of public safety or other federal, state,
or local law enforcement agency learns of a case of a disease or
health condition, unusual cluster, or a suspicious event that may be
the cause of a public health disaster, the department or agency shall
immediately notify the department, the administrator of the homeland
security and emergency management division of the department of
public defense, the department of agriculture and land stewardship,
and the department of natural resources as appropriate.
2. When the department learns of a case of a disease or health
condition, an unusual cluster, or a suspicious event that may be the
cause of a public health disaster, the department shall immediately
notify the department of public safety, the homeland security and
emergency management division of the department of public defense,
and other appropriate federal, state, and local agencies and
officials.
3. Sharing of information on diseases, health conditions, unusual
clusters, or suspicious events between the department and public
safety authorities and other governmental agencies shall be
restricted to sharing of only the information necessary for the
prevention, control, and investigation of a public health disaster.
4. Release of information pursuant to this section shall be
consistent with the federal Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 33, §6, 11; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §157; 2006 Acts, ch
1079, §1
Communicable and infectious diseases and poisonings, see chapter
139A