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imminent threat to the health of a group of individuals, or the public;

(4) an individual or group of individuals who may have been exposed to a contagious or possibly contagious disease or may otherwise be at imminent risk of contracting or spreading that disease;

(5) a state agency, local government, village, federally recognized tribe, or tribal health program for the purpose of preventing or lessening a serious and imminent threat to the health of an individual, group of individuals, or the public being served by that entity; or

(6) the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Labor Standards and Safety, Alaska Occupational Safety and Health (AKOSH) program, for the purposes of public health investigation and outbreak prevention and control, and to assist the program in its investigatory activities related to those purposes. (c) The department may disclose minimum necessary identifiable health information under this section for the purpose of conducting its own public health surveillance, investigation, intervention, prevention, and treatment. (d) An individual or entity who receives identifiable health information from the department as a permitted disclosure under (a) of this section may not disclose the information to another individual or entity except for a purpose authorized in the written consent. Any identifiable health information disclosed by the department under this subsection shall be accompanied by

(1) a statement explaining the restriction on secondary disclosures under this subsection; and

(2) any relevant written consent that the department knowingly has in its possession. (e) A public health agent may disclose the identity of an individual who has violated an order of a state medical officer under AS 18.15.375 or an emergency administrative order issued under AS 18.15.385 to the operator or manager of a public conveyance, accommodation, or other public place to prevent the spread of a contagious or possibly contagious disease. (f) The department will not disclose identifiable health information in the course of legal discovery, subpoena, or compelled testimony of a public health agent, in any civil, criminal, administrative, or other legal proceeding, except

(1) in a legal proceeding initiated by a public health agent or public health official for quarantine or isolation of the individual or group of individuals who is the subject of the health information to be disclosed, whether the proceeding is open or closed to the public; or

(2) when a court orders the disclosure. (g) Nothing in this section prohibits or restricts disclosure of identifiable health information otherwise permitted under this chapter. (h) In this section,