                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS; PUBLICATION; AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER TO CONTACT
PARENTS AND PHYSICIANS (§ 32.1-69.2)

The Commissioner and all other persons to whom data is submitted pursuant to §
32.1-69.1 shall keep such information confidential. For the purpose of only
complying with the provisions of § 32.1-69.1, hospitals required to report
stillbirths, as defined in § 32.1-69.1, and birth defects to the Virginia
Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System and provide patient
follow-up may view personally identifiable information in the system as approved
by the Commissioner and upon receipt by the Commissioner of sworn affirmation
from each such person that the confidentiality of the information will be
preserved. No publication of information shall be made except in the form of
statistical or other studies which do not identify individuals. However, the
Commissioner may contact the parents of children identified as having birth
defects and their physicians to collect relevant data and to provide them with
information about available public and private health care resources.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 273; 2006, cc. 699, 906; 2015, c. 661.