This chapter does not invalidate: (a) any other provision of law concerning medical records or patient prescription drug information, the alteration of medical records or patient prescription drug information, any interest a patient has in the information contained within the medical record or patient prescription drug information, or any civil action brought in the state or federal courts alleging negligence by a practitioner or pharmacist; (b) the authority of a court to issue a subpoena for medical records and patient prescription drug information; (c) the authority of a licensing or disciplinary board of this State to obtain these records as provided by law; or (d) the authority of the Department of Health and Environmental Control to obtain medical records or patient prescription drug information as provided by state and federal law. HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 85, Section 1.
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