Section 121085 Of Chapter 10. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (aids) Research Confidentiality Act From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 105. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 10.
121085
. (a) Confidential research records shall be protected in the
course of conducting financial audits or program evaluations, and
audit personnel shall not directly or indirectly identify any
individual research subject in any report of a financial audit or
program evaluation. To the extent it is necessary for audit personnel
to know the identity of individual research subjects, authorized
disclosure of confidential research records shall be made on a
case-by-case basis, and every prudent effort shall be exercised to
safeguard the confidentiality of these research records in accordance
with this chapter. Information disclosed for audit or evaluation
purposes should be used only for audit and evaluation purposes and
may not be redisclosed or used in any other way.
(b) Nothing in this section imposes liability or criminal sanction
for disclosure of confidential research records in accordance with
any reporting requirement for a case of HIV, including AIDS, by the
department or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under
the United States Public Health Services.