Confidentiality Clauses: Titles 22.1 through 37.1

TITLE 22.1 EDUCATION

TITLE 22.1. EDUCATION; CHAPTER 7. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF SCHOOL BOARDS; ARTICLE 7. POPULAR ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD
§ 22.1-86.1. Appointment of student representatives to local school boards
“The local school board may adopt procedures for the appointment of student representatives from among the students enrolled in the public schools in the division. The student representative shall serve in a nonvoting, advisory capacity and shall be appointed under such circumstances and serve for such terms as the board prescribes. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any school board from excluding the nonvoting student representative from executive sessions or closed meetings pursuant to § 2.2-3711. Student representatives shall not be construed to be members of local school boards for any purpose, including, but not limited to, establishing a quorum or making any official decision.”

TITLE 22.1. EDUCATION; CHAPTER 14. PUPILS; ARTICLE 2. HEALTH PROVISIONS
§ 22.1-271.3. Guidelines for school attendance for children infected with human immunodeficiency virus; school personnel training required; notification of school personnel in certain cases’
“Upon request from a school employee who believes he has been involved in a possible exposure-prone incident which may have exposed the employee to the blood or body fluids of a student, the division superintendent shall contact the local health director who, upon immediate investigation of the incident, shall determine if a potentially harmful exposure has occurred and make recommendations, based upon all information available to him, regarding how the employee can reduce any risks from such exposure. The division superintendent shall share these recommendations with the school employee. The division superintendent and the school employee shall not divulge any information provided by the local health director regarding such student. The information provided by the local health director shall be subject to any applicable confidentiality requirements set forth in Chapter 2 (§ 32.1-35 et. seq.) of Title 32.1.”

TITLE 22.1. EDUCATION; CHAPTER 15. TEACHERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; ARTICLE 2. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT GENERALLY
§ 22.1-296.4. Child abuse and neglect data required
“On and after July 1, 1997, every school board shall require, as a condition of employment, that any applicant who is offered or accepts employment requiring direct contact with students, whether full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary, provide written consent and the necessary personal information for the school board to obtain a search of the registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect maintained by the Department of Social Services pursuant to § 63.1-248.8. The information provided to the school board by the Department of Social Services shall be confidential and shall not be disseminated by the school board.”

TITLE 22.1. EDUCATION; CHAPTER 15. TEACHERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; ARTICLE 2. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT GENERALLY
§ 22.1-305. Nonrenewal of contract of probationary teacher
The teacher may request a conference before the division superintendent. “The conference shall be confidential and no written or oral communication of such conference shall be made to anyone other than the school board, in executive session, and employees of the school division having an interest therein; however, both the teacher and the division superintendent, upon request, may provide the reasons for the nonrenewal to a potential employer of the teacher.”

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TITLE 23 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

TITLE 23. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; CHAPTER 17. CAMPUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS
§ 23-232.2. Inspection of criminal incident information
“Criminal incident information, as described in subsection B, of any campus police department established pursuant to § 23-232.1, shall be open to inspection and copying by any (i) citizen of the Commonwealth, (ii) currently registered student of the institution, or (iii) parent of a registered student, during the regular office hours of the custodian of such information. Criminal incident information shall include (i) the date, time, and general location of the alleged crime; (ii) a general description of injuries suffered or property damaged or stolen; and (iii) the name and address of any individual arrested as a result of felonies committed against persons or property or misdemeanors involving assault, battery, or moral turpitude reported to the campus police, except where disclosure is prohibited by law; however, where the release of such information is likely to jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation or the safety of an individual, cause a suspect to flee or evade detection, or result in the destruction of evidence, such information may be withheld until the above-referenced damage is no longer likely to occur from the release of such information.”

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TITLE 24.2 ELECTIONS

TITLE 24.2. ELECTIONS; CHAPTER 4. VOTER REGISTRATION; ARTICLE 3. LOCATIONS AND TIMES FOR REGISTRATION
§ 24.2-411.1. Offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles
“The method used to receive an application for voter registration shall avoid duplication of the license portion of the license application and require only the minimum additional information necessary to enable registrars to determine the voter eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and election laws. The voter application shall include a statement that, if an applicant declines to register to vote, the fact the applicant has declined to register will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes.”

TITLE 24.2. ELECTIONS; CHAPTER 6. THE ELECTION; ARTICLE 3. VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS
§ 24.2-629(A). Authorized use of electronic systems and ballots
“A. Any person, firm, or corporation hereinafter referred to as the “vendor,” manufacturing, owning, or offering for sale any electronic voting or counting system and ballots designed to be used with such equipment may apply to the State Board, in the manner prescribed by the Board, to have examined a production model of such equipment and the ballots used with it. In addition to any other materials which may be required, a current statement of the financial
status of the vendor, including any assets and liabilities, shall be filed with the Board; if the vendor is not the manufacturer of the equipment for which application is made, such a statement shall also be filed for the manufacturer. These statements shall be exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). The Board shall also require, at a site of its choosing, a demonstration of such system and ballots and may require that a production model of the system and a supply of ballots be provided to the Board for testing purposes.”

TITLE 24.2. ELECTIONS; CHAPTER 6. THE ELECTION; ARTICLE 4. CONDUCT OF ELECTION; ELECTION RESULTS
§ 24.2-677. State Board to open and record returns; application of Freedom of Information Act
“The provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§2.2-3700 et seq.) shall not apply to the certified abstracts of the votes or any other documents used by the Board in ascertaining the results of any election until the results have been finally determined by the Board.”

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TITLE 27 FIRE PROTECTION

TITLE 27. FIRE PROTECTION; CHAPTER 6. DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE; PUBLIC BUILDING SAFETY LAW; ARSON REPORTING IMMUNITY ACT; ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 27-55. Department of State Police or successor agency to keep record of fires and explosions; when open to public inspection
“The Department of State Police or its successor agency shall keep in its office a record of all fires occurring in the Commonwealth, investigation of which is provided for in this article, together with all facts, statistics and circumstances concerning the same, including the origin of the fires. Such records shall not be open to public inspection, except insofar as the Department shall permit otherwise.”

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TITLE 29.1 GAME, INLAND FISHERIES AND BOATING

TITLE 29.1. GAME, INLAND FISHERIES AND BOATING; CHAPTER 7. BOATING LAWS; ARTICLE 3. BOATING SAFETY
§ 29.1-739. Duty of operator involved in collision, accident or other casualty; immunity from liability; report of collision, etc.; summons in lieu of arrest
“In case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving a vessel, the operator of the vessel, if the collision, accident, or other casualty is of such a nature as to be reportable pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board, shall notify within a reasonable time a law-enforcement officer of the Commonwealth, game warden, or Marine Resources Commission inspector. The operator shall file with the Department a full report of the collision, accident, or other casualty, as the regulations of the Board may require. The report shall be without prejudice, shall be for the information of the Department only, and shall not be open to public inspection. The fact that such a report has been made shall be admissible in evidence solely to show compliance with this section and applicable regulations, but no such report nor any statement contained in the report shall be admissible as evidence for any other purpose in any trial.”

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TITLE 30 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

TITLE 30. GENERAL ASSEMBLY; CHAPTER 10. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM OVERSIGHT ACT
§ 30-80. Duties and powers
“Confidential or proprietary records of the Virginia Retirement System or its subsidiary corporations provided to the Commission shall be exempted from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).”

TITLE 30. GENERAL ASSEMBLY; CHAPTER 13. GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS ACT
§ 30-117. Confidentiality of proceedings
“All proceedings during the investigation of any complaint by the Panel shall be confidential. This rule of confidentiality shall apply to Panel members and their staff, the Committee on Privileges and Elections and its staff and the Division of Legislative Services. “

TITLE 30. GENERAL ASSEMBLY; CHAPTER 15. VIRGINIA CODE COMMISSION
§ 30-147(B). Contracting with publishers; property rights regarding Code of Virginia and administrative code material
“B. Trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting or proposing to contract with the Commission in connection with the publication of (i) the Code of Virginia, (ii) the Virginia Administrative Code or (iii) any other materials published by the Commission shall not be subject to public disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). However, the person or firm shall invoke the protections of this subsection prior to or upon submission of the data or other materials to be protected and state the reasons why protection is necessary. The Commission may, in closed session, discuss, consider, review or deliberate upon proposals which contain trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting or proposing to contract with the Commission in connection with the publication of the Code of Virginia or the Virginia Administrative Code.”

TITLE 30. GENERAL ASSEMBLY; CHAPTER 16. VIRGINIA CRIME COMMISSION
§ 30-158(A)(1) & (A)(2). Powers and duties of Commission.
“A. The Commission shall have the power and duty to:

    1. Maintain offices, hold meetings and functions at any place within the Commonwealth that it deems necessary;

    2. Conduct private and public hearings, and designate a member of the Commission to preside over such hearings. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Commission, witnesses appearing before the Commission may be examined privately and the Commission shall not make public the particulars of such examination. The Commission shall not have the power to take testimony at private or public hearings unless at least three of its members are present at such hearings. Witnesses appearing before the Commission at its request shall be entitled to receive the same fees and mileage as persons summoned to testify in the courts of the Commonwealth, if such witnesses request such fees and mileage. “

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TITLE 32.1 HEALTH

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 1. REPORTING OF DISEASES
§ 32.1-36. Reports by physicians and laboratory directors
“Upon investigation by the local health department of a patient reported pursuant to subsection A, the Commissioner may, to the extent permitted by law, disclose the patient’s identity and disease to the patient’s employer if the Commissioner determines that (i) the patient’s employment responsibilities require contact with the public and (ii) the nature of the patient’s disease and nature of contact with the public constitutes a threat to the public health. The patient’s identity and disease state shall be confidential as provided in § § 32.1-36.1 and 32.1-41. Any unauthorized disclosure of reports made pursuant to this section shall be subject to the penalties of § 32.1-27.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 1. REPORTING OF DISEASES
§ 32.1-36.1. Confidentiality of test for human immunodeficiency virus; civil penalty; individual action for damages or penalty
“The results of every test to determine infection with human immunodeficiency virus shall be confidential. Such information may only be released to the following persons: 1. The subject of the test or his legally authorized representative; 2. Any person designated in a release signed by the subject of the test or his legally authorized representative; 3. The Department of Health; 4. Health care providers for purposes of consultation or providing care and treatment to the person who was the subject of the test or providing care and treatment to a child of a woman who, at the time of such child’s birth, was known to be infected with human immunodeficiency virus; 5. Health care facility staff committees which monitor, evaluate, or review programs or services; 6. Medical or epidemiological researchers for use as statistical data only; 7. Any person allowed access to such information by a court order; 8. Any facility which procures, processes, distributes or uses blood, other body fluids, tissues or organs; 9. Any person authorized by law to receive such information; 10. The parents or other legal custodian of the subject of the test if the subject is a minor; 11. The spouse of the subject of the test; 12. Departments of health located outside the Commonwealth by the Virginia Department of Health for the purposes of disease surveillance and investigation.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 3. DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES
§ 32.1-45.2. Public safety employees; testing for blood-borne pathogens; procedure available for certain citizens; definitions
“The results of the tests shall be confidential as provided in § 32.1-36.1.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 3. DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES
§ 32.1-46. Immunization of children against certain diseases; authority to share immunization records
“For the purpose of protecting the public health by ensuring that each child receives age-appropriate immunizations, any physician, licensed institutional health care provider, local or district health department, and the Department of Health may share immunization and child locator information The immunization information; the child’s name, address, telephone number, birth date, and social security number; and the parents’ names shall be confidential and shall only be shared for the purposes set out in this subsection.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 6.1. VIRGINIA HEARING IMPAIRMENT IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM
§ 32.1-64.2. Confidentiality of records; publication; Commissioner required to contact parents, physicians, and relevant local early intervention program
“The Commissioner and all other persons to whom data is submitted pursuant to § 32.1-64.1 shall keep such information confidential. No publication of information shall be made except in the form of statistical or other studies which do not identify individuals. However, the Commissioner shall contact the parents of children identified with hearing impairment or at risk of hearing impairment , their physicians and the relevant local early intervention program to provide them with information about available public and private health care and educational resources including any hearing impairment clinics.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 7. DETECTION AND CONTROL OF PHENYLKETONURIA AND OTHER INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
§ 32.1-67.1. Confidentiality of records; prohibition of discrimination
“The results of the screening programs conducted pursuant to this article may be used for research and collective statistical purposes. No publication of information, biomedical research or medical data shall be made which identifies any infant having a genetic disease. All medical records maintained as part of the screening programs shall be confidential and shall be accessible only to the Board, the Commissioner or his agents.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 8. VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR CONTROL OF GENETIC AND METABOLIC DISEASES
§ 32.1-69. Records confidential; disclosure of results of screening
“The results of any particular screening program shall be sent to the physician of the person tested, if known, and either to the parents when the person screened is under the age of eighteen or to the person if he is eighteen years of age or over. The results of a screening program may be used for research and collective statistical purposes. Except as hereinabove provided, all records maintained as part of any screening program shall be strictly confidential and shall be accessible only to the Board, the Commissioner or his agents or to the local health director who is conducting the screening program except by explicit permission of the person who has been screened if such person is eighteen years of age or over or of such person’s parent or guardian if he is under age eighteen.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 8.1. VIRGINIA CONGENITAL ANOMALIES REPORTING AND EDUCATION SYSTEM
§ 32.1-69.2. Confidentiality of records; publication; authority of Commissioner to contact parents and physicians
“The Commissioner and all other persons to whom data is submitted pursuant to § 32.1-69.1 shall keep such information confidential. No publication of information shall be made except in the form of statistical or other studies which do not identify individuals. However, the Commissioner may contact the parents of children identified as having birth defects and their physicians to collect relevant data and to provide them with information about available public and private health care resources.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ARTICLE 9. STATEWIDE CANCER REGISTRY
§ 32.1-71. Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; reciprocal data-sharing agreements
“The Commissioner and all persons to whom information is submitted in accordance with § 32.1-70 shall keep such information confidential. No publication of any such information shall be made except in the form of statistical or other studies which do not identify individual cases.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 3. MEDICAL CARE SERVICES; ARTICLE 3. VIRGINIA VOLUNTARY FORMULARY
§ 32.1-83. Inclusion and exclusion of drug products and vendors; protection of trade secret information
“Trade secret information obtained by the Formulary Board or the State Board of Health pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not be subject to the provisions of [the Virginia Freedom of Information Act] (§2.2-3700 et seq.). The State Board of Health shall establish by regulation the means by which such trade secret information shall be protected.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 4. HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ARTICLE 2.1. STATEWIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM AND SERVICES
§ 32.1-111.3. Statewide emergency medical care system
This provision authorizes the Board of Health to collect data and information and preparing reports for the designation and verification of trauma centers and other specialty care centers. “All data and information collected shall remain confidential and shall be exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 4. HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ARTICLE 3.1. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PATIENT CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM
§ 32.1-116.1:1. Disclosure of medical records
“Any licensed physician or other health care provider may disclose to an emergency medical care attendant, technician or another physician the medical or hospital records of a sick or injured person to whom such attendant, technician or physician is providing or has rendered emergency medical care or assistance for the purpose of promoting the medical education of the specific person who provided such care or assistance. Any emergency medical care attendant, technician or physician to whom such confidential records are disclosed shall not further disclose such information to any persons not entitled to receive that information in accordance with the provisions of this section.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 4. HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ARTICLE 3.1. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PATIENT CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM
§ 32.1-116.2. Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; liability protections
“The Commissioner and all other persons to whom data is submitted shall keep patient information confidential. Mechanisms for protecting patient data shall be developed and continually evaluated to ascertain their effectiveness. No publication of information, research or medical data shall be made which identifies the patients by names or addresses.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 5. REGULATION OF MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; ARTICLE 1.1. CERTIFICATE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE OF MANAGED CARE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN LICENSEES
§ 32.1-137.2. Certification of quality assurance; application; issuance; denial; renewal
“The State Corporation Commission shall give notice to the Commissioner of its intention to issue an order based upon a finding of insolvency, hazardous financial condition, or impairment of net worth or surplus to policyholders or an order suspending or revoking the license of a managed care health insurance plan licensee; and the Commissioner shall notify the Bureau of Insurance when he has reasonable cause to believe that a recommendation for the suspension or revocation of a certificate of quality assurance or the denial or nonrenewal of such a certificate may be made pursuant to this article. Such notifications shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be subject to subpoena.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 5. REGULATION OF MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; ARTICLE 1.1. CERTIFICATE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE OF MANAGED CARE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN LICENSEES
§ 32.1-137.4. Examination, review or investigation
“Any examiner authorized by the Commissioner shall, so far as necessary for the purposes of the examination or review, have access during regular business hours to the premises and to any books, records, files, or property of the licensee as far as they directly relate to the quality of care provided by the licensee. All material copied or recorded or received shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be subject to subpoena.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 5. REGULATION OF MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; ARTICLE 1.1. CERTIFICATE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE OF MANAGED CARE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN LICENSEES
§ 32.1-137.5. Civil penalties; probation; suspension; restriction or prohibition of new enrollments to managed care health insurance plan licensee; revocation or nonrenewal of certificate of quality assurance; appeal process; correction
“When examination or review or complaint investigation by the Department results in a finding of noncompliance with the provisions of this article or the regulations of the Board, the managed care health insurance plan licensee or applicant shall be provided written notice and a report specifying the findings of noncompliance and providing an opportunity to be heard in no fewer than thirty days by the Commissioner’s adjudication officer in a proceeding under § 9-6.14:11. A copy of the notice and report shall be provided to the Bureau of Insurance. Such proceeding shall be separate from the regulatory office of the Department that conducted the examination, review, or investigation and shall be closed and confidential. The records of the proceedings shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be subject to subpoena.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 5. REGULATION OF MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; ARTICLE 2. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PATIENTS IN NURSING HOMES
§ 32.1-138.5. Confidentiality of complainant’s identity
“Whenever the Department conducts inspections and investigations in response to complaints received from the public, the identity of the complainant and the identity of any patient who is the subject of the complaint, or identified therein, shall be treated as confidential and shall not be open to inspection by members of the public.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 6. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ARTICLE 1. SEWAGE DISPOSAL
§ 32.1-163.3. Identities of persons making certain reports to remain confidential
“The identity of any person making a report of an alleged violation of any provision of this article or any regulation of the Board of Health relating to sewage disposal shall be confidential. However, the identity of such person may be disclosed (i) to the Commissioner, the members of the Board and personnel of the Department in the performance of their duties; (ii) when the identity is included in materials which are the subject of a request for information pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.); (iii) when the matter reported is the subject of a hearing conducted by the State Health Department Sewage Handling and Disposal Appeal Review Board; or (iv) when the matter reported is the subject of litigation.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 7.2. HEALTH CARE DATA REPORTING; ARTICLE 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
§ 32.1-276.9(A). (Effective until July 1, 2003) Confidentiality, subsequent release of data and relief from liability for reporting; penalty for wrongful disclosure; individual action for damages
“A. Any person, firm, or corporation hereinafter referred to as the “vendor,” manufacturing, owning, or offering for sale any electronic voting or counting system and ballots designed to be used with such equipment may apply to the State Board, in the manner prescribed by the Board, to have examined a production model of such equipment and the ballots used with it. In addition to any other materials which may be required, a current statement of the financial
status of the vendor, including any assets and liabilities, shall be filed with the Board; if the vendor is not the manufacturer of the equipment for which application is made, such a statement shall also be filed for the manufacturer. These statements shall be exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). The Board shall also require, at a site of its choosing, a demonstration of such system and ballots and may require that a production model of the system and a supply of ballots be provided to the Board for testing purposes.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 8. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS AND SERVICES; ARTICLE 1. CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AND POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS
§ 32.1-283.1. State Child Fatality Review Team established; membership; access to and maintenance of records; confidentiality; etc
This provision creates the State Child Fatality Review Team which develops and implements procedures to ensure that child deaths occurring in Virginia are analyzed in a systematic way. “The Chief Medical Examiner may inspect and copy from any Virginia health care provider, on behalf of the Team, (i) without obtaining consent, the health and mental health records of the child and those perinatal medical records of the child’s mother that related to such child and (ii) upon obtaining consent from each adult regarding his personal records, or from a parent regarding the records of a minor child, the health and mental health records of the child’s family. All such information and records shall be confidential and shall be excluded from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) pursuant to subdivision 54 of subsection A of § 2.2-3705. Upon the conclusion of the child death review, all information and records concerning the child and the child’s family shall be shredded or otherwise destroyed by the Chief Medical Examiner in order to ensure confidentiality. Such information or records shall not be subject to subpoena or discovery or be admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding. All team members, persons attending closed team meetings, and persons presenting information and records on specific child deaths to the Team during closed meetings shall execute a sworn statement to honor the confidentiality of the information, records, discussions, and opinions disclosed during any closed meeting to review a specific child death. Violations of this subsection shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.”
This provision is repeated in § 32.1-283.3. Family violence fatality review teams established; model protocol and data management; membership; authority; confidentiality, etc.

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 8. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS AND SERVICES; ARTICLE 1. CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AND POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS
§ 32.1-283.2(D). Local and regional child fatality review teams established; membership; authority; confidentiality; immunity
“D. All information and records obtained or created regarding the review of a fatality shall be confidential and shall be excluded from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) pursuant to subdivision A 54 § 2.2-3705. All such information and records shall be used by the team only in the exercise of its proper purpose and function and shall not be disclosed. Such information or records shall not be subject to subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, or discovery or be admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding.If available from other sources, however, such information and records shall not be immune from subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, discovery or introduction into evidence when obtained through such other sources solely because the information and records were presented to the team during a fatality review. No person who participated in the reviews nor any member of the team shall be required to make any statement as to what transpired during the review or what information was collected during the review. Upon the conclusion of the fatality review, all information and records concerning the victim and the family shall be returned to the originating agency or destroyed. However, the findings of the team may be disclosed or published in statistical or other form which shall not identify individuals. The portions of meetings in which individual cases are discussed by the team shall be closed pursuant to subdivision A 22 of § 2.2-3711. All team members, persons attending closed team meetings, and persons presenting information and records on specific fatalities to the team during closed meetings shall execute a sworn statement to honor the confidentiality of the information, records, discussions, and opinions disclosed during any closed meeting to review a specific death. Violations of this subsection shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 8. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS AND SERVICES; ARTICLE 1. CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AND POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS
§ 32.1-283.3. Family violence fatality review teams established; model protocol and data management; membership; authority; confidentiality, etc
“All information and records obtained or created regarding the review of a fatality shall be confidential and shall be excluded from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) pursuant to subdivision A 54 of § 2.2-3705. All such information and records shall be used by the team only in the exercise of its proper purpose and function and shall not be disclosed. Such information or records shall not be subject to subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or discovery or be admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 9. REGULATION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; ARTICLE 1. IN GENERAL
§ 32.1-320. Duties of Attorney General; medical services providers audit and investigation unit
“The Attorney General or his authorized representative shall have the authority to: 1. Conduct audits and investigations of providers of medical and other services furnished under medical assistance. The relevant board within the Department of Health Professions shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Attorney General in the conduct of audits or investigations of health care providers licensed by the respective regulatory boards. In the conduct of such audits or investigations, the Attorney General may examine only those records or portions thereof, including patient records, for which services were rendered by a health care provider and reimbursed by the Department of Medical Assistance Services under the Plan for Medical Assistance, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 38 (§ 2.2-3800 et seq.) of Title 2.2 or of any other statute which may make or purport to make such records privileged or confidential. No original patient records shall be removed from the premises of the health care provider, except in accordance with Rule 4:9 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The disclosure of any records or information by the Attorney General is prohibited, unless such disclosure is directly connected to the official purpose for which the records or information was obtained. The disclosure of patient information as required under this section shall not subject any physician or other health services provider to any liability for breach of any confidential relationship between the provider and the patient, but no evidence resulting from such disclosure may be used in any civil, administrative or criminal proceeding against the patient unless a waiver of the applicable evidentiary privilege is obtained.”

TITLE 32.1. HEALTH; CHAPTER 10. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES; ARTICLE 4. MEDICAID PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
§ 32.1-331.15. Prior authorization of prescription drug products; coverage under state plan
“Confidential proprietary information identified as such by a manufacturer or supplier in writing in advance and furnished to the Committee or the Board pursuant to this article shall not be subject to the disclosure requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.).”

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TITLE 37.1 INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL

TITLE 37.1. INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL; MENTAL HEALTH GENERALLY; CHAPTER 2. ADMISSIONS AND DISPOSITIONS IN GENERAL; ARTICLE 1. ADMISSIONS
§ 37.1-67.3. Same; involuntary admission and treatment
In hearings for involuntary commitment: “…The judge shall make or cause to be made a tape or other audio recording of the hearing and shall submit such recording to the appropriate district court clerk to be retained in a confidential file. Such recordings shall only be used to document and to answer questions concerning the judge’s conduct of the hearing. These recordings shall be retained for at least three years from the date of the relevant commitment hearing. The judge shall also order that copies of the relevant medical records of such person be released to the facility or program in which he is placed upon request of the treating physician or director of the facility or program. Except as provided in this section, the court shall keep its copies of relevant medical records, reports, and court documents pertaining to the hearings provided for in this section confidential if so requested by such person, or his counsel, with access provided only upon court order for good cause shown. Such records, reports, and documents shall not be subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). Such person shall be released at the expiration of 180 days unless involuntarily committed by further petition and order of a court as provided herein or such person makes application for treatment on a voluntary basis as