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Article 17. General Provisions. Rule 7 AAC 27.900. (Repealed) 7 AAC 27.903. Permitted disclosures during a federal- or state-declared public health disaster emergency 7 AAC 27.990. Definitions 7 AAC 27.900. Definitions. Repealed. (Eff. 1/19/96, Register 137; am 2/10/99, Register 149; am 12/29/2006, Register 180; am 12/29/2013, Register 208; repealed 9/21/2020, Register 236) Editor’s note: The subject matter of 7 AAC 27.900 has been relocated to 7 AAC 27.990. 7 AAC 27.903. Permitted disclosures during a federal- or state-declared public health disaster emergency. (a) The department may disclose identifiable health information that the department collects, uses, and maintains under AS 18.05 or AS 18.15 in the conduct of public health surveillance, investigation, and intervention during a public health disaster emergency declared by the governor or by the federal government that is related to a contagious disease outbreak when an individual who is the subject of the information provides written consent to the disclosure as set out in 7 AAC 27.896, under all circumstances described in 7 AAC 27.893, and under the circumstances set out in this section. (b) In addition to the disclosures permitted in 7 AAC 27.893, the department may disclose the minimum necessary identifiable health information without written consent from an individual if the disclosure is to

(1) a federal public health agency, health oversight agency, or law enforcement authority as permitted by federal or state law for the purpose of disease prevention;

(2) a school district, school, college, university, or licensed child care facility to provide information concerning contagious disease status and immunizations to promote effective disease prevention and control in schools and child care facilities within the state;

(3) an individual or group of individuals directly able to prevent or lessen a serious and