The Department may use the information gathered to conduct studies under the following parameters:\n(a) Conducting epidemiological or toxicological studies on specific birth defect cases shall be promoted in order to determine the nature and magnitude of the condition or the known or suspected causes and to formulate and evaluate public health control and protection measures. Any person who during the course of research offers to the Department, under this chapter and confidentially, any medical, demographic, epidemiological, toxicological or environmental information shall not be suable [sic] for damages.\n(b) Department of Health research shall include geographical areas, time of occurrence, occupational association, and research on exposure to environmental factors and other causes.\nHistory —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 351, § 10.
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