Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 27 - Preventive Medical Services › Article 16 - Confidentiality, Authorized Uses, and Security Standards › 7 AAC 27.893 - Permitted disclosures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  may disclose identifiable health information that the department collects and
				  maintains under AS 18.05 or AS 18.15 when the individual who is the subject of
				  the information provides written consent to the disclosure as set out in
				  7 AAC 27.896 and under the circumstances set out in this
				  section.
(b) The department may
				  disclose identifiable health information without written consent
(1) directly to the individual;
(2) to a federal public health agency, health
				  oversight agency, or law enforcement authority as permitted or required by
				  federal or state law;
(3) to a
				  peace officer to facilitate a criminal investigation in response to a search
				  warrant or court order that is issued in accordance with (e) of this
				  section;
(4) to a school or
				  licensed child care facility that has been designated as a limited public
				  health authority to provide information concerning tuberculosis screening test
				  results and immunizations to promote effective and cost-efficient disease
				  prevention and control in schools and child care facilities within the
				  state;
(5) to a public health
				  official or a health care practitioner for the purpose of examining, testing,
				  or providing treatment or health counseling to the subject of the identifiable
				  health information; and
(6) to a
				  health care provider to the extent necessary to protect the life or health of
				  the individual who is the subject of the information.
(7) to another state agency, a municipality,
				  or a local government entity for the purpose of human immunodeficiency virus
				  (HIV) prevention, care of persons with human immunodeficiency virus, or disease
				  surveillance, and only as necessary to administer the program for which the
				  information is collected or to administer a program within the other agency;
				  identifiable health information disclosed to another state agency, a
				  municipality, or a local government entity under this paragraph must remain
				  confidential, and may not be rereleased by the other state agency, the
				  municipality, or the local government entity;
(8) to a third-party payor, if the
				  identifiable health information consists only of information listed under this
				  paragraph from the immunization information system maintained by the
				  department, if the individual whose identifiable health information is being
				  disclosed is a currently enrolled member of the third-party payor's health
				  plan, and if the disclosed information is for health care operations that
				  promote public health, including outcomes evaluation, outreach, surveillance,
				  and intervention; under this paragraph, the department may disclose only the
				  following immunization information system data:
(A) the individual's name;
(B) the individual's date of birth;
(C) the medical record number;
(D) the date of immunization
				  service;
(E) the vaccine
				  administered; and
(9) for
				  the purpose of conducting the department's own public health surveillance,
				  investigation, intervention, prevention, and treatment.
(10) for research if
(A) the department receives documentation that an
				  institutional review board has approved an alteration or waiver of any legal
				  requirements to obtain individual authorization from the subjects of the
				  identifiable health information; and
(B) the alteration or waiver fulfills any other
				  applicable federal or state law requirements for alterations or waivers of this
				  type.