§ 40:31.14 — Authorization of release of immunization records

Louisiana § 40:31.14

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§31.14. Authorization of release of immunization records
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, immunization records for
use in an immunization registry shall not be considered privileged communications between
a healthcare provider and patient when such records are used in accordance with the
provisions of this Part. The Louisiana Department of Health, public health units and their
agents, providers, parents or guardians, schools, and early learning centers may obtain
information from, or provide information to, the immunization record of a client of any
immunization registry without the written consent of a client.
B. A provider, a public health unit, the Louisiana Department of Health, or the agents
of any of them, schools, and early learning centers shall not be subject to an action or be
liable for sharing information from the immunization record or using information from the
immunization tracking and recall record for purposes of tracking immunizations of clients
and for outreach to clients who have missed immunizations.
C. Information in an immunization registry or in the immunization tracking and
recall record or derived therefrom is confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person
who is not specifically authorized to receive information under this Part.

Legislative History

Acts 1995, No. 798, §1, eff. June 27, 1995; Acts 2019, No. 192, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.