2003 Minnesota Statutes

     13.3805 Public health data. 

    Subdivision 1.    Health data generally.  (a)    
 Definitions.  As used in this subdivision: 

    (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health. 

    (2) "Health data" means data on individuals created, 
 collected, received, or maintained by the Department of Health, 
 political subdivisions, or statewide systems relating to the 
 identification, description, prevention, and control of disease 
 or as part of an epidemiologic investigation the commissioner 
 designates as necessary to analyze, describe, or protect the 
 public health.  

    (b)    Data on individuals.  (1) Health data are private 
 data on individuals.  Notwithstanding section 13.05, subdivision 
 9, health data may not be disclosed except as provided in this 
 subdivision and section 13.04.  

    (2) The commissioner or a local board of health as defined 
 in section 145A.02, subdivision 2, may disclose health data to 
 the data subject's physician as necessary to locate or identify 
 a case, carrier, or suspect case, to establish a diagnosis, to 
 provide treatment, to identify persons at risk of illness, or to 
 conduct an epidemiologic investigation. 

    (3) With the approval of the commissioner, health data may 
 be disclosed to the extent necessary to assist the commissioner 
 to locate or identify a case, carrier, or suspect case, to alert 
 persons who may be threatened by illness as evidenced by 
 epidemiologic data, to control or prevent the spread of serious 
 disease, or to diminish an imminent threat to the public health. 

    (c)    Health summary data.  Summary data derived from 
 data collected under section 145.413 may be provided under 
 section 13.05, subdivision 7. 

    Subd. 2.    Huntington's disease data.  All data 
 created, collected, received, or maintained by the commissioner 
 of health on individuals relating to genetic counseling services 
 for Huntington's Disease provided by the Department of Health 
 are private data on individuals.  The data may be permanently 
 transferred from the department to the Hennepin County Medical 
 Center, and once transferred, shall continue to be classified as 
 private data on individuals. 

    HIST: 1981 c 311 s 31,39; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1987 c 309 s 24; 
 1987 c 351 s 4; 1991 c 106 s 6; 1992 c 511 art 7 s 1; 1992 c 569 
 s 4; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 12; 1993 c 65 s 1; 1993 c 177 s 1; 1993 c 
 240 s 1; 1993 c 326 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 345 art 3 s 18; 1993 c 351 
 s 20-22; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 589 s 1; 1994 c 616 s 1; 1994 c 
 618 art 1 s 5,17; art 2 s 9-64; 1994 c 632 art 2 s 10; art 3 s 
 17; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 4; 1995 c 142 s 1; 1995 c 155 s 1,2; 1995 
 c 186 s 8; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1995 c 229 art 4 s 3; 1995 c 
 234 art 5 s 1; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 27,58; art 4 s 4; art 5 s 
 1-51; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 3-5; 1996 c 334 s 1; 1996 c 408 art 9 s 
 1; 1996 c 415 s 1; 1996 c 440 art 1 s 18; art 2 s 1-14; 1996 c 
 471 art 7 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 3; 1997 c 22 art 2 s 1,8; 1997 c 
 66 s 79; 1997 c 129 art 2 s 15; 1997 c 193 s 1; 1997 c 199 s 14; 
 1997 c 202 art 2 s 63; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 2; 1997 c 215 s 1; 
 1997 c 218 s 1; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 1; 1Sp1997 c 3 s 8-18; 1998 c 
 273 s 1; 1998 c 361 s 1; 1998 c 367 art 11 s 2; 1998 c 371 s 
 6,7; 1998 c 373 s 1; 1998 c 382 art 2 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 
 3; 1998 c 407 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 99 s 23; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 
 1999 c 205 art 1 s 70; 1999 c 227 s 22; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 1,2