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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-97 (2026)

Confidentiality of patient information

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(a) Medical records compiled and maintained by health care facilities in connection with the admission, treatment, and discharge of individual patients are not public records as defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.

(b) Charges, accounts, credit histories, and other personal financial records compiled and maintained by health care facilities in connection with the admission, treatment, and discharge of individual patients are not public records as defined by Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 570, s. 10.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1997–2018 · leading case: Fallis v. Watauga Med. Ctr., Inc., 510 S.E.2d 199 (N.C. Ct. App. 1999).
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Fallis v. Watauga Med. Ctr., Inc., 510 S.E.2d 199 (N.C. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 3× “§ 131E-95(b) (1997) (no person “in attendance at a meeting of the committee shall be required to testify in any civil action as to any evidence or other matters produced or presented during the proceedings of the committee”) and N.”
Virmani v. Presbyterian Health Servs. Corp., 493 S.E.2d 310 (N.C. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “As part of further proceedings in the trial court regarding unsealing of *649 these materials, the trial court may in its discretion order that names and identifying characteristics of non-witness patients be redacted and that confidentiality of communications between physicians…”
Brewer Ex Rel. Leach v. Hunter, 762 S.E.2d 654 (N.C. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-97, and N.C. Gen. Stat.”
Se. Anesthesiology Consultants, Pllc v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth., 2018 NCBC 60 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-97. 98. Based on the foregoing, the Court concludes, at this early stage of the proceedings, that Plaintiffs have not sustained their initial burden of demonstrating that the Staffing Formula Outputs constitute trade secrets.”
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