§ 21-28.3-1. Drug abuse reporting system established. The director of health, or the director’s designee, shall establish and maintain a drug abuse reporting system to compile relevant statistics of incidents of drug abuse, for the purpose of aiding and assisting health and social service agencies, public and private, in the treatment and rehabilitation of victims […]
§ 21-28.3-2. Contents of statistics. The statistics shall include, but not be limited to, the age, sex, occupation, background, and degree of apparent dependency of the individual involved, and the nature and type of drug involved, according to forms and regulations established by the director, which forms and regulations are exempted from the Administrative Procedures […]
§ 21-28.3-3. Confidentiality. In the maintenance, compilation, and providing of the statistics, the director of health, the hospitals, and the physicians shall maintain a confidentiality with respect to the identity of the individuals involved except where ordered to the contrary by any court of competent jurisdiction in the state; that confidentiality shall not extend to […]
§ 21-28.3-4. Breach of confidentiality. Any person who directly or indirectly violates or conspires to violate the confidentiality provisions of § 21-28.3-3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a sentence of up to six (6) months in jail and/or a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1000). History of […]
