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| State | Citation/Title  (link to state's page) |
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| North Dakota | State Statute:
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Use of Residual Newborn Screening Specimens | Information and testing materials generated by the newborn screening program are confidential. Information and testing materials may be disclosed for approved research projects concerning medical, psychological, or sociological issues if certain conditions are met, including, but not limited to, review and approval of the project pursuant to policies and procedures pertaining to human subjects research by the IRB or equivalent panel of the institution or entity where the research is being done or which is sponsoring the research. Protected health information may not be provided to a person engaged in a research project until that person has submitted a written proposal explaining and justifying the need to examine such information which is satisfactory to the state health officer. The state health officer may require the research to be approved by the university of North Dakota IRB. Researchers must pay all costs of the state health officer or the health department incurred in providing access to testing materials or other information, including copy or research services. |
Last Reviewed: December 27, 2012
