Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 288

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 530

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 32, TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CANCER CONTROL.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend subsection (a) of §3207 of Title 18 of the Delaware Code by striking said subsection in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(a) The reports of cancer cases made pursuant to this Chapter shall not be divulged nor made public so as to disclose the identity of any person to whom they relate. However, patient-identifying information may be exchanged with other cancer control agencies as authorized by the State Board of Helath and upon receipt by the Department of satisfactory assurances by those agencies of the preservation of the confidentiality of such information."

Approved June 29, 1982.