Cooperative arrangements and confidentiality
N.D. Cent. Code § 19-03.1-35
in effect19-03.1-35. Cooperative arrangements and confidentiality
1. The board shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its
responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the
abuse of controlled substances. To this end, it may:
a. Arrange for exchange of information among governmental officials concerning the
use and abuse of controlled substances.
b. Coordinate and cooperate in training programs concerning controlled substance
law enforcement at local and state levels.
c. Cooperate with the bureau by establishing a centralized unit to accept, catalog,
file, and collect statistics, including records of drug-dependent persons and other
controlled substance law offenders within the state, and make the information
available for federal, state, and local law enforcement purposes. It may not
furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject whose identity could
not be obtained under subsection 3.
d. Conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or illicit growth of plant
species from which controlled substances may be extracted.
2. Results, information, and evidence received from the bureau relating to regulatory
functions of this chapter, including results of inspections conducted by it, may be relied
and acted upon by the board in the exercise of its regulatory functions under this
chapter.
3. A practitioner engaged in medical practice or research is not required or compelled to
furnish the name or identity of a patient or research subject to the board nor may the
practitioner be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative,
or other proceedings to furnish the name or identity of an individual that the
practitioner is obligated to keep confidential.
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