§ 22-13-7. Disclosure of confidential health care information.
A patient’s confidential health care information shall be released or transferred without the written consent of the patient or the patient’s authorized representative to the auditor general or his or her designated representative for the purpose of conducting financial audits, management audits, program evaluations, and research, provided the personnel shall not identify, directly or indirectly, any individual patient in any report of the audit, evaluation, or research, or otherwise disclose patient identities in any manner.
History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 422, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 22-13 - Auditor General
Section 22-13-2. - Termination of appointment.
Section 22-13-3. - Salaries and expenses.
Section 22-13-4. - Definitions — Duties of auditor general — Investigations by committee.
Section 22-13-5. - Submission of audits, consultant reports to auditor general.
Section 22-13-6. - Requests for auditing and accounting services.
Section 22-13-7. - Disclosure of confidential health care information.