P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 396
(1) The Registry is hereby authorized to enter into data sharing agreements for cancer patient health information, insofar as the confidentiality of the data reported and the entity's information is guaranteed. Such agreements shall be entered into with the following entities:
(a) Entities that report to the Registry reporting entities.
(b) Cancer registries in other states and territories with the purpose of obtaining cancer case data on residents of Puerto Rico who have been diagnosed and treated in facilities located in those states and territories, or to provide cancer case data of residents of those states and territories who have been diagnosed or treated in Puerto Rico.
(c) Federal and Commonwealth agencies that regulate cancer information and data for purposes of compliance with agreements to conduct data quality assessments, cancer surveillance, and scientific research.
(2) The Registry is hereby authorized to share general cancer patient data with any other cancer control agency, healthcare service provider, and any other entity deemed pertinent in order to obtain the information needed to complete the required data. All the information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, and other data provided by virtue of this subsection shall be deemed privileged and, therefore, confidential.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 9, §§ 1, 2.