Civil Code 1798.24(d) (1977; amended by SB 2, 2009)

Summary:

An agency may disclose personal information to the officers, employees, attorneys, agents, or volunteers of the agency that has custody of the information if the disclosure is relevant and necessary in the ordinary course of the performance of their official duties and is related to the purpose for which the information was acquired.

Parties Bound: 
agencies
Associated Federal Law(s): 
Uses and disclosures to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations : Permitted uses and disclosures
Associated Federal Law(s): 
Uses and disclosures of protected health information: general rules : Minimum necessary - covered entity must make reasonable efforts to limit the use/disclosure of protected health information to the minimum necessary to accomplish the intended purpose of the use, disclosure, or request; exceptions.