2025 Session
Last amended: 1997 session
§ 144.0525 — Epidemiologic Studies; Health Hazards; Health Surveillance
Plain-Language Summary
Limits the use of employment and tax data collected by the health commissioner to studying workplace health hazards and notifying workers exposed to health risks.
144.0525 EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH SURVEILLANCE.
All data collected by the commissioner of health under sections 176.234, 268.19, and 270B.14, subdivision 11, shall be used only for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations, notification of persons exposed to health hazards as a result of employment, and surveillance of occupational health and safety.
History:
1991 c 202 s 5; 1992 c 569 s 7; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 66 s 79
History: History: 1991 c 202 s 5; 1992 c 569 s 7; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 66 s 79
Practical Notes
Protects workers’ privacy by ensuring their employment data is only used for studying and preventing workplace health hazards.