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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 437<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":359708,"section_number":"32.1-73.25","catch_line":"Penalties for unauthorized use of statewide sickle cell disease registry","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-73.25\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":359604,"section_number":"32.1-41","catch_line":"Anonymity of patients and practitioners to be preserved in use of medical records","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-41\/"},{"id":359705,"section_number":"32.1-73.22","catch_line":"Information from hospitals, clinics, certain laboratories, and physicians supplied to Commissioner; statewide sickle cell disease registry","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-73.22\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1428913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359707,"identifier":"32.1-73.24","token":"32.1\/2\/22\/32.1-73.24","url":"\/32.1-73.24\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-73.24\/","token":"32.1\/2\/22\/32.1-73.24","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; reciprocal data-sharing agreements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-73.24","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> and all persons<\/span> to whom information is submitted in accordance with § 32.1-73.22<\/a> shall keep such information confidential. Except as authorized by the Commissioner<\/span> in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-41<\/a>, no release of any such information shall be made except in the form of statistical or other studies that do not identify individual cases. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may enter into reciprocal data-sharing agreements with other sickle cell disease registries for the exchange of information. Upon the provision of satisfactory assurances for the preservation of the confidentiality of such information, patient-identifying information may be exchanged with other sickle cell disease registries that have entered into reciprocal data-sharing agreements with the Commissioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF INFORMATION SUPPLIED; PUBLICATION; RECIPROCAL\nDATA-SHARING AGREEMENTS (\u00a7 32.1-73.24)\n\nA. The Commissioner and all persons to whom information is submitted in\naccordance with § 32.1-73.22 shall keep such information confidential.\nExcept as authorized by the Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of\n§ 32.1-41, no release of any such information shall be made except in the\nform of statistical or other studies that do not identify individual cases.\n\nB. The Commissioner may enter into reciprocal data-sharing agreements with other\nsickle cell disease registries for the exchange of information. Upon the\nprovision of satisfactory assurances for the preservation of the confidentiality\nof such information, patient-identifying information may be exchanged with other\nsickle cell disease registries that have entered into reciprocal data-sharing\nagreements with the Commissioner.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 437.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}