SDCL § 34-20E-17: Recommendations of advisory council.

The advisory council shall make recommendations to the board regarding:

(1) Safeguards for the release of information to persons who have access to the information contained in the central repository;

(2) The confidentiality of program information and the integrity of the patient's relationship with the patient's health care provider;

(3) Advancing the purposes of the program, including enhancement of the quality of health care delivery in this state; and

(4) The continued benefits of maintaining the program in relationship to the cost and other burdens to the state.