North Carolina § 106-24 - 1. Confidentiality of information collected and published.

§ 106-24. 1. Confidentiality of information collected and published.

All information published by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to this Part shall be classified so as to prevent the identification of information received from individual farm operators. All information generated by any federal agency received pursuant to this Chapter that is confidential under federal law shall be held confidential by the Department and its employees, unless confidentiality is waived by the federal agency. All information collected by the Department from farm owners or animal owners, including, but not limited to, certificates of veterinary inspection, animal medical records, laboratory reports received or generated from samples submitted for analysis, or other records that may be used to identify a person or private business entity subject to regulation by the Department shall not be disclosed without the permission of the owner unless the State Veterinarian determines that disclosure is necessary to prevent the spread of an animal disease or to protect the public health, or the disclosure is necessary in the implementation of these animal health programs. History (1979, c. 228, s. 3; 1993, c. 5, s. 1; 1997-261, s. 26; 2002-179, s. 8; 2013-265, s. 7; 2015-263, s. 31; 2018-113, s. 2.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2013-265, s. 1, provides: "This act shall be known and may be cited as the 'North Carolina Farm Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2015-263, s. 38(a) contains a severability clause. Sessions Laws 2018-113, s. 16(a), is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2013-265, s. 6, effective July 17, 2013, deleted the former third and fourth sentences, and added the last sentence. Session Laws 2015-263, s. 31, effective September 30, 2015, in the second sentence, substituted "generated by any federal agency received pursuant to this Part that is confidential under federal law" for "received pursuant to this Part from individual farm operators"; and in the third sentence, substituted "farm owners or animal owners" for "individual farm operators for the purposes of its animal health programs" and inserted "received or generated from samples submitted for analysis." Session Laws 2018-113, s. 2, effective June 27, 2018, in the second sentence, substituted "Chapter" for "Part," and substituted "employees, unless confidentiality is waived by the federal agency" for "employees." §§ 106-25 through 106-26.2: Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 288, s. 2.