Section 124D.5. Department duties — rules.

  1.  a.  The department shall maintain a confidential file of the names of each patient to or for whom the department issues a cannabidiol registration card and the name of each primary caregiver to whom the department issues a cannabidiol registration card under section 124D.4.

  b.  Individual names contained in the file shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure, except as provided in subparagraph (1).

  (1)  Information in the confidential file maintained pursuant to paragraph “a” may be released to the following persons under the following circumstances:

  (a)  To authorized employees or agents of the department and the department of transportation as necessary to perform the duties of the department and the department of transportation pursuant to this chapter.

  (b)  To authorized employees of state or local law enforcement agencies, but only for the purpose of verifying that a person is lawfully in possession of a cannabidiol registration card issued pursuant to this chapter.

  (2)  Release of information pursuant to subparagraph (1) shall be consistent with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191.

  2.  The department, in consultation with the department of transportation, shall adopt rules to administer this chapter which shall include but not be limited to rules to establish the manner in which the department shall consider applications for new and renewal cannabidiol registration cards.

2014 Acts, ch 1125, §6

For future repeal of this section effective July 1, 2017, see §124D.8