Except as provided in § 5-37.3-6(b), confidential healthcare information and confidential healthcare communications are not subject to compulsory legal process in any legislative or administrative proceedings, and a patient or his or her authorized representative has the right to refuse to disclose, and to prevent a witness from disclosing, his or her confidential healthcare information in these proceedings. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 248, § 3; P.L. 1996, ch. 266, § 3.
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