California Health and Safety Code

§ 1797.122

HSC § 1797.122 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 2.5 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, a health facility as defined in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1250 may release patient-identifiable medical information under the following circumstances:

(1)To an EMS provider, information regarding a patient who was treated, or transported to the hospital by, that EMS provider, to the extent that specific data elements are requested for quality assessment and improvement purposes.

(2)To the authority or the local EMS agency, to the extent that specific data elements are requested for quality assessment and improvement purposes.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 362, Sec. 2. (AB 503) Effective January 1, 2016.