Wash. Admin. Code § 246-455-400 - [Effective10/1/2022]Patient discharge data use agreements
(1) All written data use agreements with the
department for the release of patient discharge data must comply with the
requirements of
RCW
43.70.052 and this section.
(2) A data use agreement with the department
is required for the following:
(a) Government
agencies requesting data that contains direct patient identifiers for
nonresearch purposes; and
(b)
Individuals or entities requesting data that contains only indirect patient
identifiers.
(3) The
department may use standard form data use agreements for all data requests,
consistent with the provisions of this section and
RCW
43.70.052. If the department chooses to use a
standard form data use agreement for data requests, the requestor shall sign
the standard form data use agreement prepared by the department pursuant to
this subsection. If the department chooses to negotiate the terms of the
standard form data use agreement for data requests, the ultimate decision to
modify the standard form data use agreement to accommodate a data request lies
solely with the department.
(4) An
individual or entity requesting data under this section must comply with all
the terms and conditions of the data use agreement. If the individual or entity
violates the data use agreement, it will result in the immediate termination of
the data use agreement and result in denial of patient discharge data in the
future.
Notes
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