CHAPTER 141-G NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE/PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS AFTER EXPOSURE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE
First Responder and Healthcare Provider Exposure Blood Testing
Section 141-G:14
141-G:14 Confidentiality. –
I. No person shall use or disclose any information concerning an applicant or a source individual if that information becomes known to the person in the course of carrying out his or her responsibilities under this subdivision or as a result of obtaining a testing order.
II. Paragraph I shall not apply to disclosure in the following circumstances:
(a) In the course of carrying out a duty imposed or exercising a power conferred under this subdivision.
(b) As required by law.
(c) With the consent of the person who is the subject of the information.
(d) In the course of a consultation between qualified health professionals.
(e) In the case of information about a minor to a guardian of that minor.
(f) As provided in rules adopted under RSA 141-G:19.
III. No person who is subpoenaed or otherwise compelled to give evidence in a legal proceeding, other than a proceeding for the purposes of RSA 141-G:11, I or an appeal under RSA 141-G:11, V, shall disclose information described in paragraph I, unless the court first examines the information, with the public excluded, and determines that the information may be disclosed. The court shall consider:
(a) The probative value of the information;
(b) The relevance of the information to the proceeding; and
(c) The effect of the disclosure on the privacy of the person who is the subject of the information.