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SB 1282 Health Professions, Department of; prohibited from providing personal information of individuals.

Introduced by: Stephen D. Newman | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Department of Health Professions; information concerning health professionals. Provides that the Department of Health Professions shall collect an official address of record from each health professional licensed, registered or certified by each health regulatory board within the Department, to be used by the Department and relevant health regulatory boards for agency purposes, and that such address shall remain confidential.  This bill also requires that the Department provide an opportunity for health professionals to provide a second address for purposes of public dissemination, which may include a work address, post office address, or home address, and that where no alternative address is provided, the address of record shall be made public. This bill further requires the Department to develop a procedure for health professionals to update their address information at regular intervals, and authorizes the Department to collect a fee sufficient to cover the costs of such updates.


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