§ 36-3295 — Registry information; confidentiality; health care provider access; use and transfer of information; definition

A. Information maintained by the qualifying health information exchange organization pursuant to this article is confidential and shall not be disclosed except as allowed by state or federal law.

B. The person who submits a document described in section 36-3292, the person who is the subject of the document and the surrogate of the person who is the subject of the document may access the document in the health care directives registry in a manner prescribed by the qualifying health information exchange organization.

C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a health care provider may access the health care directives registry and receive a patient's health care directive documents for the provision of health care services.

D. The qualifying health information exchange organization shall use information contained in the registry only for purposes prescribed in this article, except that the qualifying health information exchange organization may use, disclose and make accessible the information contained in the registry through the health information organization as authorized by section 36-3805, subsection A.

E. At the request of the person who submitted a document described in section 36-3292, the qualifying health information exchange organization may transmit the information received regarding the document to the registry system of another jurisdiction.

F. For the purposes of this section, "health care provider" includes an emergency medical service provider and emergency service technician providing emergency medical services as defined in section 36-2201 and the organ procurement organization that maintains the donor registry established pursuant to section 36-858.