LAC 48:V.15105. Confidentiality

A. Act 622 of 1997 provides for the strictest confidentiality of data and severe penalties for violation of the Act. After editing and compilation of data submitted under this rule, the Office of Public Health shall separate all secure information from the rest of the file. Redundant methods shall be employed to assure physical security, media security, transmission security, logical security, secure authorized access, and backup of all secure or confidential information. The collection, editing, compilation, storage, analysis and dissemination of reports or data shall be done in a manner that protects publication of information that identifies or tends to identify an individual patient. B. Patient level data and the individual forms, computer tapes, or other forms of data collected by and furnished for the State Health Care Data Clearinghouse shall not be available for public inspection. In accordance with R.S. 40:1300.111D, any data that can be used to identify any individual patient shall not be subject to discovery in civil or criminal proceedings. C. Data may be used as described in §§15107 and 15109 below.