§ 16-38-2-5 — Access to confidential information for research purposes

The state department shall grant any person
involved in a legitimate research activity access to confidential
information concerning individual cancer patients obtained by the state
department under this chapter if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The person conducting the research provides written
information about the following:
(A) The purpose of the research project.
(B) The nature of the data to be collected and how the
researcher intends to analyze the data.
(C) The records the researcher desires to review.
(D) The safeguards the researcher will take to protect the
identity of the patients whose records the researcher will be
reviewing.
(2) The proposed safeguards are adequate to protect the identity
of each patient whose records will be reviewed.
(3) An agreement is executed between the state department and
the researcher that meets all of the following conditions:
(A) Specifies the terms of the researcher's use of the records.
(B) Prohibits the publication or release of the names of
individual cancer patients or any facts tending to lead to the
identification of individual cancer patients.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-5(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.