57-1707. LIABILITY. (1) No action for damages arising from the disclosure of confidential or privileged information may be maintained against any reporting entities or employees of such entities that participate in good faith in the reporting of cancer registry data in accordance with this chapter.
(2) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be denied, suspended or revoked for the good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged information in accordance with this chapter.
(3) The immunity granted in subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall not be construed to apply to the unauthorized disclosure of confidential or privileged information when such disclosure is due to gross negligence or willful misconduct of the reporting entities.
History:
[57-1707, added 1995, ch. 67, sec. 7, p. 173.]