It is herein established that the data obtained from the tracking system and those directly obtained from the medical record of the newborn shall be for the confidential use of the Department of Health and the persons or public and private entities that the Department deems necessary to complete the tracking appropriately. The data shall be privileged information and may not be disclosed nor made public in such way that the identity of the patient is compromised. However, the anonymous statistical information of the tracking system shall be public information. It is recommended that the tracking system be integrated to any other efficient tracking system existing in the Island, such as screening for hereditary diseases.
History —Dec. 19, 2003, No. 311, § 6, eff. 30 days after Dec. 19, 2003.