Arizona § 36-160 Confidentiality of records; unauthorized disclosures unlawful; classification

Arizona Statutes

§ 36-160 — Confidentiality of records; unauthorized disclosures unlawful; classification

Arizona § 36-160

Title 36Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 1STATE AND LOCAL BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH

Art. 2.Home Health Services by State and County

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 36-160 (2026).

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A.Clinical records, medical reports and laboratory statements or reports, maintained as a result of services authorized by this article, and the information contained therein, shall be confidential and shall not be divulged to or open to inspection by any person other than attending physicians and surgeons, and persons authorized by them, the home health agency involved and state or local health officers. The director may, by regulation, authorize other persons or groups of persons to inspect or otherwise use such records and information.

B.A person who knowingly divulges such information or opens to inspection such clinical records, medical reports or laboratory statements or reports, without authority, to any person not by law or regulation entitled to such is guilty of a class 2 misd

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A. Clinical records, medical reports and laboratory statements or reports, maintained as a result of services authorized by this article, and the information contained therein, shall be confidential and shall not be divulged to or open to inspection by any person other than attending physicians and surgeons, and persons authorized by them, the home health agency involved and state or local health officers. The director may, by regulation, authorize other persons or groups of persons to inspect or otherwise use such records and information.

B. A person who knowingly divulges such information or opens to inspection such clinical records, medical reports or laboratory statements or reports, without authority, to any person not by law or regulation entitled to such is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.