New Jersey Statutes 17:48F-28. Confidentiality of data, information
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:48F-28
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
28. Any data or information relating to the diagnosis, treatment or health of an enrollee or prospective enrollee obtained by a prepaid prescription service organization from the contract holder, enrollee, prospective enrollee or any provider shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person except:
a. To the extent that it may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act;
b. Upon the express consent of the enrollee or prospective enrollee;
c. Pursuant to statute or court order for the production of evidence or the discovery thereof; or
d. In the event of a claim or litigation between an enrollee or a prospective enrollee and the organization wherein such data or information is relevant. An organization shall be entitled to claim any statutory privilege against disclosure which the provider who furnished the information to the organization is entitled to claim.
L.1997,c.380,s.28.