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Authority: AS 18.05.040 AS 18.15.360 AS 18.15.375

AS 18.15.355 AS 18.15.362 7 AAC 27.893. Permitted disclosures. (a) The department may disclose identifiable health information that the department collects and maintains under AS 18.05 or AS 18.15 when the individual who is the subject of the information provides written consent to the disclosure as set out in 7 AAC 27.896 and under the circumstances set out in this section. (b) The department may disclose identifiable health information without written consent

(1) directly to the individual;

(2) to a federal public health agency, health oversight agency, or law enforcement authority as permitted or required by federal or state law;

(3) to a peace officer to facilitate a criminal investigation in response to a search warrant or court order that is issued in accordance with (e) of this section;

(4) to a school or licensed child care facility that has been designated as a limited public health authority to provide information concerning tuberculosis screening test results and immunizations to promote effective and cost-efficient disease prevention and control in schools and child care facilities within the state;

(5) to a public health official or a health care practitioner for the purpose of examining, testing, or providing treatment or health counseling to the subject of the identifiable health information;

(6) to a health care provider to the extent necessary to protect the life or health of the individual who is the subject of the information;

(7) to another state agency, a municipality, or a local government entity for the purpose of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, care of persons with human immunodeficiency virus, or disease surveillance, and only as necessary to administer the program for which the information is collected or to administer a program within the other agency; identifiable health information disclosed to another state agency, a municipality, or a local government entity under this paragraph must remain confidential, and may not be rereleased by the other state agency, the municipality, or the local government entity;

(8) to a third-party payor, if the identifiable health information consists only of information listed under this paragraph from the immunization information system maintained by the department, if the individual whose identifiable health information is being disclosed is a