Sec.19a-25-1. Definitions

As used in Sections 19a-25-1 through 19a-25-4, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(1) "Aggregate health data" means health data that is obtained by combining like data in a manner that precludes the identification of the individual or organization supplying the data or described in the data.

(2) "Anonymous medical case history" means the description of an individual's illness in a manner that precludes the identification of the individual or organization supplying the data or described in the data.

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Public Health.

(4) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.

(5) "Disclosure" or "disclose" means the communication of health data to any individual or organization outside the department.

(6) "Health data" means information, recorded in any form or medium, that relates to the health status of individuals, the determinants of health and health hazards, the availability of health resources and services, or the use and cost of such resources and services.

(7) "Identifiable health data" means any item, collection, or grouping of health data that makes the individual or organization supplying it, or described in it, identifiable.

(8) "Individual" means a natural person.

(9) "Local Director of Health" means the city, town, borough, or district Director of Health or any person legally authorized to act for the local director of health.

(10) "Medical or scientific research" means the performance of activities relating to health data, including, but not limited to:

(A) describing the group characteristics of individuals or organizations;

(B) characterizing the determinants of health and health hazards;

(C) analyzing the inter-relationships among the various characteristics of individuals or organizations;

(D) the preparation and publication of reports describing these matters; and

(E) other related functions as determined by the commissioner.

(11) "Organization" means any corporation, association, partnership, agency, department, unit, or other legally constituted institution or entity, or part thereof.

(12) "Studies of morbidity and mortality" means the collection, application, and maintenance of health data on:

(A) the extent, nature, and impact of illness and disability on the population of the state or any portion thereof;

(B) the determinants of health and health hazards, including but limited to,

(i) infectious agents of disease,

(ii) environmental toxins or hazards,

(iii) health resources, including the extent of available manpower and resources, or

(iv) the supply, cost, financing or utilization of health care services.

(C) diseases on the commissioner's list of reportable diseases and laboratory findings pursuant to section 19a-215 of the Connecticut General Statutes; or

(D) similar health or health related matters as determined by the commissioner.

(Adopted effective October 30, 1998)