Information other than reports relating to vital statistics received by the department of health and human services through inspection or otherwise, authorized under this chapter are confidential and may not be disclosed publicly except in a proceeding involving the question of license. No agent of the department of health and human services or of any board of health, may disclose individually identifiable health information of such an institution obtained in the course of a survey or inspection except in a judicial or administrative proceeding in response to an order of a court or administrative tribunal.
N.D.C.C. § 23-16-09