North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 23 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Subchapter H - CONFIDENTIALITY AND ACCESS TO CLIENT RECORDS
Section .0100 - GENERAL
Section 23H .0103 - CONFIDENTIALITY
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules it shall be unlawful for any person to obtain, disclose or use, or to authorize, permit or acquiesce to the use of any list of names or other information concerning any client applying for or receiving Medicaid that may be directly or indirectly derived from the records, files, or communications of the agency, or acquired in the course of performing official duties except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the Medicaid program.
(b) Whenever federal or state statutes or regulations specifically address confidentiality issues, the agency shall disclose or keep confidential client information in accordance with those federal or state statutes or regulations.
(c) Whenever there is inconsistency between federal or state statutes or regulations specifically addressing confidentiality issues, the agency shall abide by the statute or regulation which provides more protection for the client.
Authority
G.S.
108A-54;
108A-80;
42 C.F.R.
431.302;
Eff. September 1,
1984;
Amended Eff. August 1, 1990;
Transferred from
10A NCAC
21A .0403 Eff. May 1, 2012;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 23,
2016.
