(a) No person may disclose or be compelled to disclose the identity of any person upon whom an HIV-related test is performed, or the results of such test in a manner which permits identification of the subject of the test, except to the following person:
(1) The subject of the test or the subject's legal guardian.
(2) Any person who secures a legally effective release of test results executed by the subject of the test or the subject's legal guardian.
(3) An authorized agent or employee of a health facility or health-care provider if the health facility or health-care provider itself is authorized to obtain the test results, the agent or employee provides patient care or handles or processes specimens of body fluids or tissues, and the agent or employee has a medical need to know such information to provide health-care to the patient.
(4) Health-care providers providing medical care to the subject of the test, when knowledge of the test results is necessary to provide appropriate emergency care or treatment.
(5) When part of an official report to the Division as may be required by law or regulation.
(6) A health facility or health-care provider which procures, processes, distributes or uses:
a. Blood;
b. A human body part from a deceased person donated for a purpose specified under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act [Chapter 27 of this title]; or
c. Semen provided prior to July 11, 1988, for the purpose of artificial insemination.
(7) Health facility staff committees or accreditation or oversight review organizations which are conducting program monitoring, program evaluation or service reviews, including the Child Death Review Commission conducting reviews pursuant to Title 31.
(8) Pursuant to Chapter 9 of this title as it relates to investigation of child abuse.
(9) Pursuant to subchapter I of this chapter as it relates to sexually transmitted diseases and their control.
(10) A person allowed access to said record by a court order which is issued in compliance with § 715(d)(6) of this title. Upon the issuance of an order to disclose test results, the court shall impose appropriate safeguards against unauthorized disclosure, which shall specify the persons who may have access to the information, the purposes for which the information shall be used and appropriate prohibitions on future disclosures.
(11) Pursuant to Chapter 12A of this title as it relates to notification of emergency medical care providers.
(b) No person to whom the results of an HIV-related test have been disclosed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall disclose the test results to another person except as authorized by subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The provisions in this section shall not interfere with the transmission of information as may be necessary to obtain third-party payment for medical care related to HIV infection or with the documentation of cause of death on death certificates.