Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Liability and responsibilities for disclosure now addressed

• Prior MN law placed all liability for inappropriate disclosure on disclosing provider
• Responsibilities are now defined for the patient, the requestor, and the discloser
  • Each party warrants no information known to the person to be false
  • Requestor accurately states the patient's desire to have health records disclosed or that there is specific authorization in law
  • Requestor & discloser do not exceed any limits imposed by the patient in the consent
  • Discloser has complied with the legal requirements regarding disclosure of health records