KRS 214.420: Records declared confidential -- Application.

(1) The General Assembly hereby declares that confidentiality is essential for the

proper administration and operation of sexually transmitted disease control

activities in this state and that the principle of confidentiality must remain inviolate.

(2) All information, records, and reports in the possession of local health departments

or the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and which concern persons infected

with or suspected of being infected with or tested for or identified in an

epidemiologic investigation for sexually transmitted disease are hereby declared to

be strictly confidential and only personnel of local health departments and the

Cabinet for Health and Family Services who are assigned to sexually transmitted

disease control activities shall have access to such information, records, and reports.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing:

(a) The release of medical information to the physician retained by the person

infected with or suspected of being infected with a sexually t ransmitted

disease;

(b) The release of medical or epidemiological data or information for statistical

purposes in a manner so that no individual person can be identified;

(c) The release of medical information with the written consent of all persons

identified in the information to be released;

(d) The release of medical or epidemiological information necessary to enforce

the provision of the rules and regulations of the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services, issued pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A, relating to the control and

treatment of sexually transmitted disease; and

(e) The release of medical information made to medical personnel in a medical

emergency to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of the named

party.