All hospitals, health providers, birth centers, clinics, medical records departments, third party payors, laboratories, universities, and other sources of birth defects information shall provide access to all health or medical records for the purpose of surveillance and identification of birth defects in accordance with procedures promulgated by the department in regulation. This access is protected by state and federal law concerning birth defects monitoring, and confidentiality must be maintained by the department in accordance with Section 44-44-140. Individually identifiable data may not be made available to the public.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 281, Section 1, eff May 11, 2004.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 44-44-10. Title of act.
Section 44-44-20. Definitions.
Section 44-44-50. Monitoring birth defects.
Section 44-44-60. Utilization of data.
Section 44-44-70. Maintenance of central database; case ascertainment.
Section 44-44-80. Access to health and medical records; confidentiality.
Section 44-44-100. Use and disclosure of birth defects data.
Section 44-44-120. Agreements with other agencies.
Section 44-44-130. Use of data to make treatment available to affected children and families.