§ 21-28.3-3 - Confidentiality.
SECTION 21-28.3-3
§ 21-28.3-3 Confidentiality. – In the maintenance, compilation, and providing of the statistics, the directorof health, the hospitals, and the physicians shall maintain a confidentialitywith respect to the identity of the individuals involved except where orderedto the contrary by any court of competent jurisdiction in the state; thatconfidentiality shall not extend to the records and files of the lawenforcement agencies, except insofar as the confidentiality is protected underother provisions of the general laws, or otherwise. The director is authorizedto provide any public or private drug control agency or social service agencywith the compilation and detail of the statistics described in §§21-28.3-1 and 21-28.3-2.