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