{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-6-180","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-6-180","heading":"Confidentiality of patient records; controlled dissemination of data; violations and penalties.","body":"(A) Patient records received by counties, the department, or other entities involved in the administration of the program created pursuant to Section 44-6-150 are confidential. Patient records gathered pursuant to Section 44-6-170 are also confidential. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall use patient-identifiable data collected pursuant to Section 44-6-170 for the purpose of linking various data bases to carry out the purposes of Section 44-6-170. Linked data files must be made available to those agencies providing data files for linkage. No agency receiving patient-identifiable data collected pursuant to Section 44-6-170 may release this data in a manner such that an individual patient or provider may be identified except as provided in Section 44-6-170. Nothing in this section may be construed to limit access by a submitting provider or its designee to that provider's information.\n(B) A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 6 Department of Health and Human Services","ARTICLE 2 Medically Indigent Assistance Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c006.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:30:24Z","sha256":"1d114014cb9bd1abdd4a1ac171397285ac80c3dcaab17a280eed913338c8706f","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-6-175","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-6-190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}