Section 25-16-07 - Records of treatment or care center confidentialExcept as otherwise authorized by law, an agent of the department or the superintendent of the life skills and transition center or the licensee or their agents or employees may not disclose the contents of the individual records of a treatment or care center for individuals with a developmental disability, nor of the reports received from those records, except:
1. In a judicial proceeding when ordered by the presiding judge;2. To a law enforcement official for a law enforcement purpose or any other legally constituted boards or agencies serving the interests of the residents for treatment, payment, or health care operations, to arrange, facilitate, or coordinate service to any such person;3. To the parents or legal guardians of the resident;4. To a physician to aid in the treatment of an individual within the fourth degree of consanguinity of a deceased resident, if the disclosure is limited to genetic health information that has a direct bearing on the health of the relative, the relative's child, or the relative's decision to have a child; or5. To an individual who is within the fourth degree of consanguinity of a deceased resident, if the disclosure is limited to information about a resident needed to establish a family's genealogy.Amended by S.L. 2021, ch. 352 (HB 1247),§ 303, eff. 9/1/2022.Amended by S.L. 2015, ch. 200 (HB 1108),§ 23, eff. 8/1/2015.