                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS; PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION (§ 32.1-67.1)

The results of the newborn screening services conducted pursuant to this article
may be used for research and collective statistical purposes. No publication of
research or statistical data shall be made that identifies any infant having a
heritable or genetic disorder.
		The Commissioner may authorize linkages between secure electronic data systems
maintained by the Department of Health containing newborn screening records and
the Virginia Immunization Information System (VIIS) operated pursuant to §
32.1-46.01. The Commissioner may authorize health care providers authorized to
view VIIS to view the newborn screening records of individuals to whom the
providers are providing health care services. The records may be made available
until the child reaches seven years of age, after which the records shall not be
made available through a linkage to VIIS. Such linkages shall be subject to all
applicable state and federal privacy laws and regulations.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 97; 2005, cc. 717, 721; 2012, c. 147.