§324-31 Identity of persons studied and material, restrictions. The identity, or any group of facts or any system of records which may lead to the identity, of any person whose condition or treatment has been studied shall be confidential and shall not be revealed in any report, release, or publication. The department of health may, however, use the names of persons when requesting additional information; provided that approval shall first be obtained from the individual, the individual's parents or guardian in the case of a minor, or the next of kin in the case of a deceased person; and provided that the identity or facts identifying the person shall not be released outside of the department of health. [L 1977, c 117, pt of §1]
Revision Note
Subsection designation deleted.
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
324. Medical Research; Morbidity and Mortality Information
324-1 Requests for information; sources of information protected.
324-2 Identification of persons studied; restriction.
324-3 Legal proceedings; information excluded from.
324-5 Multidisciplinary and multiagency reviews.
324-6 Maternal death review reports.
324-11 Sources of information protected.
324-12 Identification of persons studied; restriction.
324-13 Legal proceedings; information excluded from.
324-21 Sources of information protected.
324-22 Identity of persons studied and material, restrictions.
324-23 Legal proceedings; information excluded from.
324-31 Identity of persons studied and material, restrictions.
324-32 Release of information.
324-33 Legal proceedings; information excluded from.
324-42 Information collection.