{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-71","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 32.1-71","heading":"Confidential nature of information supplied; publication; reciprocal data-sharing agreements","body":"A. The Commissioner and all persons to whom information is submitted in accordance with § 32.1-70 shall keep such information confidential. Except as authorized by the Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of § 32.1-41, no release of any such information shall be made except in the form of statistical or other studies which do not identify individual cases.B. The Commissioner may enter into reciprocal data-sharing agreements with other cancer registries for the exchange of information. Upon the provision of satisfactory assurances for the preservation of the confidentiality of such information, patient-identifying information may be exchanged with other cancer registries which have entered into reciprocal data-sharing agreements with the Commissioner.Code 1950, § 32-389; 1950, p. 187; 1979, c. 711; 1991, c. 319; 2000, cc. 74, 139.","path":["Title 32.1. HEALTH","Chapter 2. DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL","Article 9. STATEWIDE CANCER REGISTRY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/32.1-71/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:34Z","sha256":"6f822c227d593dfbb4f35cc210fd2357840cb936b78e360c728a0f55961cf72b","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-70.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-71.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}