§ 20-9-310 — No liability for furnishing medical records or accessing information pursuant to subpoena or other legal obligation or authority

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person or medical facility serving as a custodian of health or medical records shall be subject to any civil or criminal liability for: (1) Providing access to or producing copies of the records pursuant to a subpoena issued by any board, agency, commission, prosecuting attorney, or grand jury; (2) Providing access to or producing a copy of the health or medical records requested by a clerk of a court, the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the Arkansas State Hospital, the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, or a local law enforcement agency under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq.; or (3) Requesting or accessing information under § 17-80-116 .

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 995, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1999, No. 1536, § 12; 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 4, § 10.