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Chapter 144
Section 144.69
Recent History
- 2023 144.69 Amended 2023 c 70 art 3 s 19
- 2022 144.69 Amended 2022 c 58 s 53
- 2020 144.69 Amended 2020 c 115 art 4 s 47
This is an historical version of this statute chapter. Also view the most recent published version.
144.69 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON INDIVIDUALS.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section 13.05, subdivision 9, data
collected on individuals by the cancer surveillance system, including the names and personal
identifiers of persons required in section 144.68 to report, shall be private and may only be
used for the purposes set forth in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68. Any
disclosure other than is provided for in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68, is
declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Except as provided by rule, and as part
of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or employee of the commissioner of health may
interview patients named in any such report, or relatives of any such patient, only after the consent
of the attending physician or surgeon is obtained.
History: 1949 c 350 s 4; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 12
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section 13.05, subdivision 9, data
collected on individuals by the cancer surveillance system, including the names and personal
identifiers of persons required in section 144.68 to report, shall be private and may only be
used for the purposes set forth in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68. Any
disclosure other than is provided for in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68, is
declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Except as provided by rule, and as part
of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or employee of the commissioner of health may
interview patients named in any such report, or relatives of any such patient, only after the consent
of the attending physician or surgeon is obtained.
History: 1949 c 350 s 4; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 12
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