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Rhode Island
Health Care Quality Program: removal of personal identifiers from data filed for the health care database
R.I. Gen. Laws sec. 23-17.17-10(a), (b)
In force since .
A de-identification rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Remove all personal identifiers from the data you submit to the director under chapter 17.17 of title 23; if you are an insurer, assign to each subscriber record a unique identifier not linked to any personally identifiable information (R.I. Gen. Laws sec. 23-17.17-10(b)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 23-17.17-10 states the filing duty and the identifier-removal condition. It states no log or record duty for the filer.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 23-17.17-10(a) of the Rhode Island General Laws requires insurers, health care providers, health care facilities and governmental agencies to file the reports, data, schedules, statistics or other information that the director determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of chapter 17.17 of title 23.
Section 23-17.17-10(b) of the Rhode Island General Laws provides that all data submitted to the director under chapter 17.17 of title 23 shall be protected by the removal of all personal identifiers and the assignment by the insurer to each subscriber record of a unique identifier not linked to any personally identifiable information.
Section 23-17.17-10(b) of the Rhode Island General Laws defines direct personal identifiers as information relating to an individual that contains primary or obvious identifiers, such as the individual's name, street address, e-mail address, telephone number and social security number.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app is an insurer, handles health records, processes personal data or processes de-identified data.
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