Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:31.14 – A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, immunization records for use in an immunization registry shall not be considered privileged communications between a healthca
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:31.14
- Client: means any person registered with any Louisiana immunization tracking and recall system. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:31.12
- Immunization record: means a client's medical record related to the client's receipt of immunizations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:31.12
- Immunization registry: means any listing of clients and information relating to their immunization status. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:31.12
- Immunization tracking and recall record: is a record that includes but is not limited to the client's name, address of the client or parent or guardian of the client, telephone number, provider, and other information needed to send reminder cards to, to place telephone calls to, or to personally contact the client or the parent or the guardian of a client for the purposes of informing the client, parent, or guardian that the client is due for a recommended immunization or is late in receiving a recommended immunization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:31.12
- Person: means an individual, a public or private corporation, an association, a partnership, a public body created by or pursuant to state law, the state of Louisiana, an agency or political subdivision of the state, a federally recognized Indian tribe, the United States government, a political subdivision of the United States government, and any officer, employee, and agent of one of those entities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:5.8
- Provider: means any health care provider or facility licensed to provide health care services in Louisiana, any managed health care system, health maintenance organization, health service contractor, or insurance carrier, or the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:31.12
- Public health unit: means any facility acting under the supervision and advice of the state health officer and the office of public health, including any state-operated or contracted public health clinic. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:31.12
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, immunization records for use in an immunization registry shall not be considered privileged communications between a healthcare provider and patient when such records are used in accordance with the provisions of this Part. The Louisiana Department of Health, public health units and their agents, providers, parents or guardians, schools, and early learning centers may obtain information from, or provide information to, the immunization record of a client of any immunization registry without the written consent of a client.
B. A provider, a public health unit, the Louisiana Department of Health, or the agents of any of them, schools, and early learning centers shall not be subject to an action or be liable for sharing information from the immunization record or using information from the immunization tracking and recall record for purposes of tracking immunizations of clients and for outreach to clients who have missed immunizations.
C. Information in an immunization registry or in the immunization tracking and recall record or derived therefrom is confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person who is not specifically authorized to receive information under this Part.
Acts 1995, No. 798, §1, eff. June 27, 1995; Acts 2019, No. 192, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.