Minnesota § 144.69 CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON INDIVIDUALS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 144.69 — CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON INDIVIDUALS

Minnesota § 144.69

PartHEALTH

Ch. 144DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

This text of Minnesota § 144.69 (CLASSIFICATION OF DATA ON INDIVIDUALS) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Minnesota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Minn. Stat. § 144.69 (2026).

Text

Subdivision 1.Data collected by the cancer reporting system.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section13.05, subdivision 9, data collected on individuals by the cancer reporting system, including the names and personal identifiers of persons required in section144.68to report, shall be private and may only be used for the purposes set forth in this section and sections144.671,144.672, and144.68. Any disclosure other than is provided for in this section and sections144.671,144.672, and144.68, is declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Except as provided by rule, and as part of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or employee of the commissioner of health may interview patients named in any such report, or relatives of any such patient, only after notifyi

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Subdivision 1.Data collected by the cancer reporting system.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section13.05, subdivision 9, data collected on individuals by the cancer reporting system, including the names and personal identifiers of persons required in section144.68to report, shall be private and may only be used for the purposes set forth in this section and sections144.671,144.672, and144.68. Any disclosure other than is provided for in this section and sections144.671,144.672, and144.68, is declared to be a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Except as provided by rule, and as part of an epidemiologic investigation, an officer or employee of the commissioner of health may interview patients named in any such report, or relatives of any such patient, only after notifying the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, or surgeon. Research protections for patients must be consistent with section13.04, subdivision 2, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 46.

Subd. 2.Transfers of information to state cancer registries and federal government agencies.
(a) Information containing personal identifiers of a non-Minnesota resident collected by the cancer reporting system may be provided to the statewide cancer registry of the nonresident's home state solely for the purposes consistent with this section and sections144.671,144.672, and144.68, provided that the other state agrees to maintain the classification of the information as provided under subdivision 1.
(b) Information, excluding direct identifiers such as name, Social Security number, telephone number, and street address, collected by the cancer reporting system may be provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program registry.