N.D. Cent. Code § 25-01.3-10: Confidentiality and privileged information

1.All information relating to an individual with a disability, including individually identifiable health information, that is in the possession of the committee, project, or any advocate is confidential and is not subject to disclosure, except:

a.If an authorization for disclosure is given in writing by each individual with a disability who may be identifiable from the information, or that individual's personal representative;

b.In a judicial proceeding when ordered by the presiding judge;

c.To a law enforcement officer for a law enforcement purpose, a health oversight agency, or, at the discretion of the committee, to any other legally constituted board or agency serving the interests of an individual with a disability for any other purpose authorized by this chapter, or any other state or federal law; or

d.To the parents of a minor who is an eligible person under sections 25-01.3-01 through 25-01.3-12 or legal guardians of the person with a disability except that no information may be disclosed to a person with mental illness who is the subject of the information when such a disclosure is prohibited by state or federal law.

2.Unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, the name of an individual who in good faith makes a report or complaint may not be disclosed by the committee or the project.