Tennessee § 56-51-150 - Confidentiality.

§ 56-51-150. Confidentiality.

Any information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any enrollee of a prepaid limited health service organization is confidential and exempt from § 10-7-503, and shall only be available pursuant to specific written consent of the enrollee, or as otherwise provided by law. With respect to any information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any enrollee or applicant, a prepaid limited health service organization is entitled to claim any statutory privileges against disclosure that the provider who furnished the information to the prepaid limited health service organization is entitled to claim. Any proprietary financial information contained in contracts entered into with providers by prepaid limited health service organizations is confidential and exempt from § 10-7-503. Any information obtained or produced by the department pursuant to an examination or investigation is confidential and exempt from § 10-7-503 until the examination report has been filed and adopted by the commissioner or until the time, if ever, the information is used in litigation by the commissioner or in a contested case. Except for active criminal intelligence or criminal investigative information; personal financial and medical information; information that would defame or cause unwarranted damage to the good name or reputation of an individual; information that would impair the safety and financial soundness of the licensee or affiliated party; proprietary financial information; or information that would reveal the identity of a confidential source, all information obtained by the department pursuant to an examination shall be available after the examination report has been filed. Acts 2000, ch. 948, § 50. Cross-References. Confidentiality of public records, § 10-7-504 .