Confidentiality of Medical InformationRelationship of Chapters 2 and

Section § 56.25

Explanation

This law explains when an employer providing health care services can share medical information without breaking certain privacy laws. It indicates that if an employer shares patient medical information according to specified chapters, they're not violating privacy laws. Additionally, if a health care provider working for an employer uses medical data for patient care as per regulations, that’s also not a privacy breach. Similarly, health care providers who employ staff can disclose employee medical information as allowed, without breaking specific privacy laws. However, employee information only counts as medical data if it would be considered so outside a health care context.

(a)CA Civil Law Code § 56.25(a) An employer that is a provider of health care shall not be deemed to have violated Section 56.20 by disclosing, in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 56.10), medical information possessed in connection with providing health care services to the provider’s patients.
(b)CA Civil Law Code § 56.25(b) An employer shall not be deemed to have violated Section 56.20 because a provider of health care that is an employee or agent of the employer uses or discloses, in accordance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 56.10), medical information possessed by the provider in connection with providing health care services to the provider’s patients.
(c)CA Civil Law Code § 56.25(c) A provider of health care that is an employer shall not be deemed to have violated Section 56.10 by disclosing, in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56.20), medical information possessed in connection with employing the provider’s employees. Information maintained by a provider of health care in connection with employing the provider’s employees shall not be deemed to be medical information for purposes of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56.20), unless it would be deemed medical information if received or maintained by an employer that is not a provider of health care.
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