A. The physician patient privilege does not prevent a person or health care provider from complying with the duty to report or provide personal information and medical information to the department or local health authority in accordance with this article. The department and local health authorities shall maintain the confidentiality of the medical information and personal identifiers received.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-790

  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Local health authority: means a county health department or public health services district or any person authorized to act on behalf of the county health department or public health services district. See Arizona Laws 36-781
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. A person or health care provider undertaking any activity required by this article, including reporting, participating in quarantine or isolation procedures, is immune from civil or criminal liability if the person or health care provider acted in good faith. Actions required by this article are presumed to be in good faith.

C. The immunities prescribed in section 26-314 are applicable to sections 36-787, 36-788 and 36-789.

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