North Carolina General Statutes 131E-214.3. Patient data not public records
(a) The following are not public records under Chapter 132 of the N.C. Gen. Stat.:
(1) Patient data furnished to and maintained by a statewide data processor pursuant to this Article.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 131E-214.3
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Person: means an individual, trust, estate, partnership, or corporation including associations, joint-stock companies, and insurance companies. See North Carolina General Statutes 131E-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Compilations of patient data prepared for release or dissemination by a statewide data processor pursuant to this Article.
(3) Patient data furnished by a statewide data processor to the State.
(b) Compilations of data under subdivision (a)(3) of this section, prepared for release or dissemination by the State, are public records.
(c) The State shall not allow proprietary information, including patient data, that it receives from a statewide data processor to be used by a person for commercial purposes. The State shall require the person requesting this information to certify that it will not use the information for commercial purposes.
(d) A person is immune from liability for actions arising from the required submission of data under this Article. (1995, c. 517, s. 39(b).)