Section 54-09-02-05 - Confidentiality1. All program records and related information shall be confidential unless the nurse is ordered by the board to participate in the program. 2. All program records shall be maintained in a secure storage area. 3. By signing the program agreement, the program participant authorizes communication between the program coordinator and the employers, potential employers, the treatment professionals, appropriate health care professionals, identified sponsors, the drug testing company and its agents, and any other individuals involved in the facilitation and monitoring of the program. 4. After the coordinator has determined that a nurse has duly completed the program requirements, the coordinator shall purge and destroy such records pertaining to the nurse's participation in the program, as permitted by law and the board's records retention schedule. 5. Information or records received by the board prior to acceptance of the applicant into the program or which relate to a nurse terminated from the program under subsections 2 and 3 of section 54-09-02-04 may be utilized by the board in any disciplinary proceedings instituted against the participant. 6. Information may be shared with the administrator of a comparable program in another jurisdiction when necessary to monitor participation by the nurse under section 54-09-02-06. N.D. Admin Code 54-09-02-05
Effective September 1, 1996; amended effective February 1, 1998; June 1, 2002; April 1, 2004.General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-08(2)(g)