South Carolina § 44-36-30 - Confidentiality; release of identifying information upon consent.
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§ 44-36-30. Confidentiality; release of identifying information upon consent.
(A) The School of Public Health and all persons to whom data is released shall keep all patient information confidential. No publication of information, biomedical research, or medical data may be made which identifies the patients. For purposes of maintaining this registry, the School of Public Health may access appropriate confidential data reported to the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office in accordance with Section 44-6-170.
(B) Except for use in collecting data on deaths from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Department of Health and Environmental Control, no identifying information collected or maintained by the registry may be released unless consent is obtained from the subject or the subject's legal representative.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 532, SECTION 1; 1995 Act No. 75, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 44-36-30 ("Confidentiality; release of identifying information upon consent.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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