No liability for furnishing medical records or accessing information pursuant to subpoena or other legal obligation or authority

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Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no person or medical facility serving as a custodian of health or medical records shall be subject to any civil or criminal liability for:

  1. (1) Providing access to or producing copies of the records pursuant to a subpoena issued by any board, agency, commission, prosecuting attorney, or grand jury;

  2. (2) Providing access to or producing a copy of the health or medical records requested by a clerk of a court, the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the Arkansas State Hospital, the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, or a local law enforcement agency under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq.; or

  3. (3) Requesting or accessing information under § 17-80-116.


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