New Jersey Statutes 26:1A-37.2. Information and data confidential; disclosure; exceptions
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:1A-37.2
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Information and data in the possession of the State Department of Health, pertaining to the health of any named person, procured in connection with research studies approved by the Public Health Council for the purpose of reducing the morbidity or mortality from any cause or condition of health shall be kept in the confidence of the department and shall not be revealed or disclosed in any manner or under any circumstances by any person connected with such research studies or by the department or any person therein except (a) to persons within the department, (b) to other persons participating in such research studies or (c) in such impersonal form that the individual to whom the information or data relates cannot be identified therefrom.
L.1963, c. 68, s. 1.