GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 36*

Short Title:  Disclosure of Veterinary Records.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Speed; Albertson, Marshall, Ward, Soles, and Carpenter.
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Referred to:  Agriculture, Marine Resources, and Wildlife.
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February 3, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF VETERINARY MEDICAL RECORDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 106-24.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 106-24.1.  Confidentiality of information collected and published.
All information published by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to this Part shall be classified so as to prevent the identification of information received from individual farm operators.  All information received pursuant to this Part from individual farm operators shall be held confidential by the Department and its employees.  Information collected by the Department from individual farm operators for the purposes of its animal health programs may be disclosed by the State Veterinarian when, in his judgment, the disclosure will assist in the implementation of these programs."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.