Law / United States / 
Rhode Island
Confidentiality of Health Care Communications and Information Act: research, audit and study disclosures without patient identification
R.I. Gen. Laws sec. 5-37.3-4(b)(3)
In force.
A de-identification rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are qualified personnel who receive confidential healthcare information without patient consent for scientific research, management audits, financial audits, program evaluations, actuarial, insurance underwriting or similar studies, do not identify, directly or indirectly, any individual patient in any report of that research, audit or evaluation, and do not otherwise disclose patient identities in any manner (R.I. Gen. Laws sec. 5-37.3-4(b)(3)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 5-37.3-4(b)(3) states a condition on the personnel who receive information for research, audits and similar studies. It states no log or record duty.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 5-37.3-4(b)(3) of the Rhode Island General Laws provides that no patient consent is required to release confidential healthcare information to qualified personnel for the purpose of conducting scientific research, management audits, financial audits, program evaluations, actuarial, insurance underwriting or similar studies.
Section 5-37.3-4(b)(3) of the Rhode Island General Laws provides, as the condition of that release, that the personnel shall not identify, directly or indirectly, any individual patient in any report of that research, audit or evaluation, or otherwise disclose patient identities in any manner.
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