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MINNESOTA STATUTES AND CODES
Section 144.69 Classification of Data on Individuals
144.69 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON INDIVIDUALS.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section 13.05, subdivision 9, data collected on individuals by the cancer surveillance system, including the names and personal identifiers of persons required in section 144.68 to report, shall be private and may only be used for the purposes set forth in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68. Any disclosure other than is provided for in this section and sections 144.671, 144.672, and 144.68, is declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Except as provided by rule, and as part of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or employee of the commissioner of health may interview patients named in any such report, or relatives of any such patient, only after the consent of the attending physician or surgeon is obtained.
History:
1949 c 350 s 4; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 12