<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-22-12 - Mandatory communicable disease reports from physicians, laboratories, and institutions--State tuberculosis register--Surveillance and control--Adoption of rules. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057051Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057051SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057051CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057051Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057051DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057051000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057051SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057051SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057051Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12"><span class="s2057051SENU">34-22-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057051SENU">. </span><span class="s2057051CL">Mandatory communicable disease reports from physicians, laboratories, and institutions--State tuberculosis register--Surveillance and control--Adoption of rules.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057051Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057051DefaultParagraphFont">The State Department of Health shall provide for the collection and processing of mandatory reports of identifiable and suspected cases of communicable disease, communicable disease carriers, and laboratory tests for communicable disease carriers, from all physicians, hospitals, laboratories, and institutions. The State Department of Health shall maintain a complete case register of tuberculosis suspects, active and presumably active cases, tuberculosis contacts, and arrested or presumably arrested cases. The State Department of Health shall provide information necessary for disease surveillance and control. To implement this section, the State Department of Health may adopt, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2057051DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2057051DefaultParagraphFont">, rules specifying the methods by which disease reports shall be made, the contents and timeliness of such reports, and diseases which shall be considered in such reports.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057051Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057051000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057051Normal"><span class="s2057051SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057051SCL-000002"> SL 1963, ch 380, § 5 (6); SL 1978, ch 251, §§ 1, 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-22-12 - Mandatory communicable disease reports from physicians, laboratories, and institutions--State tuberculosis register--Surveillance and control--Adoption of rules. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057052Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2057052SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057052CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057052Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2057052DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057052Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2057052000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057052SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057052SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12.1"><span class="s2057052SENU">34-22-12.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057052SENU">. </span><span class="s2057052CL">Confidentiality of reports--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">Any report required to be submitted pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12"><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont"> is strictly confidential medical information. No report may be released, shared with any agency or institution, or made public, upon subpoena, search warrant, discovery proceedings, or otherwise. No report is admissible as evidence in any action of any kind in any court or before any tribunal, board, agency, or person. However, the Department of Health may release medical or epidemiological information under any of the following circumstances:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal-000001"><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    For statistical purposes in such a manner that no person can be identified;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal-000001"><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    With the written consent of the person identified in the information released;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal-000001"><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    To the extent necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter and rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter concerning the prevention, treatment, control, and investigation of communicable diseases;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal-000001"><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    To the extent necessary to protect the health or life of a named person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    To the extent necessary to comply with a proper judicial order requiring release of human immunodeficiency virus test results and related information to a prosecutor for an investigation of a violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-18-31"><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">22-18-31</span></a><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    To the attorney general or an appropriate state's attorney if the secretary of the Department of Health has reasonable cause to suspect that a person violated § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-18-31"><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">22-18-31</span></a><span class="s2057052DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057052000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057052Normal"><span class="s2057052SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057052SCL-000003"> SL 1989, ch 296, § 1; SL 2003, ch 184, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-22-12 - Mandatory communicable disease reports from physicians, laboratories, and institutions--State tuberculosis register--Surveillance and control--Adoption of rules. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057053Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057053SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057053CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057053Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057053DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057053000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057053SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057053SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057053Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12.2"><span class="s2057053SENU">34-22-12.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057053SENU">. </span><span class="s2057053CL">Violation of confidentiality as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057053Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057053DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12.1"><span class="s2057053DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-12.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057053DefaultParagraphFont">, any person responsible for recording, reporting, or maintaining medical reports required to be submitted pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12"><span class="s2057053DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057053DefaultParagraphFont"> who knowingly or intentionally discloses or fails to protect medical reports declared to be confidential under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12.1"><span class="s2057053DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-12.1</span></a><span class="s2057053DefaultParagraphFont">, or who compels another person to disclose such medical reports, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057053Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057053000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057053Normal"><span class="s2057053SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057053SCL-000002"> SL 1989, ch 296, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-22-12 - Mandatory communicable disease reports from physicians, laboratories, and institutions--State tuberculosis register--Surveillance and control--Adoption of rules. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057054SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057054Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12.3"><span class="s2057054SENU">34-22-12.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057054SENU">. </span><span class="s2057054CL">Effect of good faith reporting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057054Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057054DefaultParagraphFont">Good faith reporting or disclosure pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12"><span class="s2057054DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057054DefaultParagraphFont"> does not constitute a libel or slander or a violation of the right of privacy or privileged communication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057054Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057054000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057054Normal"><span class="s2057054SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057054SCL-000002"> SL 1989, ch 296, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-22-12 - Mandatory communicable disease reports from physicians, laboratories, and institutions--State tuberculosis register--Surveillance and control--Adoption of rules. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057055Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057055SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057055CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057055Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057055DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057055000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057055SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057055SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057055Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12.4"><span class="s2057055SENU">34-22-12.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057055SENU">. </span><span class="s2057055CL">Compliance with reporting requirements--Liability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057055Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057055DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who in good faith complies with the reporting requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12"><span class="s2057055DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057055DefaultParagraphFont"> is immune from civil and criminal liability for such action taken in compliance with the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12"><span class="s2057055DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057055DefaultParagraphFont">. Compliance by a person or facility with the reporting requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12"><span class="s2057055DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057055DefaultParagraphFont"> fulfills any duty of such person or facility to protect the public health.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057055Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057055000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057055Normal"><span class="s2057055SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057055SCL-000002"> SL 1989, ch 296, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-22-12 - Mandatory communicable disease reports from physicians, laboratories, and institutions--State tuberculosis register--Surveillance and control--Adoption of rules. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057056Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057056SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057056CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057056Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057056DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057056000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057056SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057056SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057056Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-12.5"><span class="s2057056SENU">34-22-12.5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057056SENU">. </span><span class="s2057056CL">Sharing of immunization records permitted unless signed refusal in medical record--Violation as a misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057056Normal-000000"><span class="s2057056DefaultParagraphFont">A patient's immunization record shall be shared among health care providers, health care facilities, federal or state health agencies, child welfare agencies, schools, or family day care facilities, without the consent of the patient or the person acting on the patient's behalf unless the patient's signed refusal to release immunization information is part of the patient's medical record. The provider shall provide notice in any written form to the patient, or if the patient is a minor, the patient's parent or guardian of the patient's ability to refuse to permit immunization information to be shared. If the patient is a minor, the refusal to release immunization information may be signed by the patient's parent or guardian on behalf of the minor patient. Any person who receives immunization data pursuant to this section and knowingly or intentionally discloses or fails to protect the confidentiality of the data is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057056Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057056000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057056Normal"><span class="s2057056SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057056SCL-000002"> SL 1996, ch 214; SL 2015, ch 182, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>