65-1467. Dental board complaints and related information confidential, limited disclosure authorized.
65-1467
65-1467. Dental board complaints and related information confidential,limited disclosure authorized.(a) Any complaint or report, record or other informationrelating to a complaint which is received, obtained or maintained by the Kansasdental board shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by the board orits employees in a manner which identifies or enables identification of theperson who is the subject or source of the information except the informationmay be disclosed:
(1) In any proceeding conducted by the board under the law or in an appealof an order of the board entered in a proceeding, or to any party to aproceeding or appeal or the party's attorney;
(2) to the person who is the subject of the information or to any person orentity when requested by the person who is the subject of the information, butthe board may require disclosure in such a manner that will preventidentification of any other person who is the subject or source of theinformation;
(3) to a state or federal licensing, regulatory or enforcement agency withjurisdiction over the subject or the information or to an agency withjurisdiction over acts or conduct similar to acts or conduct which wouldconstitute grounds for action under this act. Any confidential complaint orreport, record or other information disclosed by the board as authorized bythis section shall not be redisclosed by the receiving agency except asotherwise authorized by law.
(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas dentalpractices act.
History: L. 1997, ch. 81, § 1; July 1.