Indiana Code 16-38-4-11. Access to confidential information for research
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Sec. 11. The state department shall grant any person involved in a legitimate research activity access to confidential information concerning individual patients obtained by the state department under this chapter if:
(2) the proposed safeguards are adequate to protect the identity of each patient whose records will be reviewed; and
(1) the person conducting the research provides written information about the purpose of the research project, the nature of the data to be collected and how the researcher intends to analyze it, the records the researcher wishes to review, and the safeguards the researcher will take to protect the identity of the patients whose records the researcher will be reviewing;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-38-4-11
- patient: means :
Indiana Code 16-38-4-3
- person: means an individual, association, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity. See Indiana Code 16-38-4-4
- state department: refers to the Indiana department of health. See Indiana Code 16-38-4-6
(3) an agreement is executed between the state department and the researcher that specifies the terms of the researcher’s use of the records and that prohibits the publication or release of the names of individual patients or any facts tending to lead to the identification of individual patients.
As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.