Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-29-.06
Any data or information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of any enrollee obtained from such person or from any provider by any HMO shall be held in confidence and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent that it may be necessary to carry out the purposes of these regulations; or upon the express consent of the enrollee; or pursuant to statute or court order for the production of evidence or the discovery thereof or in the event of claim or litigation between such person and the HMO wherein such data or information is pertinent. An HMO shall be entitled to claim any statutory privileges against such disclosure which the provider who furnished such information to the HMO is entitled to claim.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-29-.06
Ga. L. 1979, pp. 1148, 1171, 1172; O.C.G.A. § 33-21-1et seq.