7 AAC 27.895 - Individuals subject to medical orders
(a) The department
shall protect the privacy of an individual subject to a medical order or court
order issued under the authority of
AS
18.15.375 and
18.15.385 to the maximum extent
possible consistent with this chapter.
(b) A public health agent shall reveal only
the minimum information necessary to prevent the spread of a contagious or
possibly contagious disease when an individual or group of individuals subject
to isolation or quarantine chooses confinement in a home or homes.
(c) When isolation or quarantine includes
confinement to public premises, the department shall assure that confidential
information is revealed only to those individuals who have a direct role in the
management of the area of confinement and only to the extent necessary for the
reasonable management of the public premises to prevent the spread of a
contagious disease.
(d) A
determination issued by the department following an informal review of a
medical order issued under
AS
18.15.375 or an isolation or quarantine order
issued under
AS
18.15.385 is confidential and may only be
released as a public document
(1) upon
written request of the individual who is the subject of the determination;
or
(2) if the determination can be
redacted so that it contains no identifiable health
information.
Notes
Authority:AS 18.05.040
AS 18.15.355
AS 18.15.375
AS 18.15.385
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