North Dakota Century Code Title 23. Health and Safety § 23-06.5-19. Health care record registry--Fees

a. “Health care record” means a health care directive or a revocation of a health care directive executed in accordance with this chapter.

b. “Registration form” means a form prescribed by the information technology department to facilitate the filing of a health care record.

2. a. The information technology department may establish and maintain a health care record registry, through which a health care record may be filed. The registry must be accessible through a website maintained by the information technology department.

b. An individual who is the subject of a health care record, or that individual's agent, may submit to the information technology department for registration, using a registration form, a health care record executed in accordance with this chapter.

4. a. Upon receipt of a health care record and completed registration form, the information technology department shall create a digital reproduction of the health care record, enter the reproduced health care record into the health care record registry database, and assign each registration a unique file number. The information technology department is not required to review a health care record to ensure the health care record complies with any particular statutory requirements that may apply to the health care record.

b. The information technology department shall delete a health care record filed with the registry under this section upon receipt of a revocation of the health care record along with that document's file number.

c. The entry of a health care record under this section does not affect or otherwise create a presumption regarding the validity of the health care record or the accuracy of the information contained in the health care record.

5. a. The registry must be accessible by entering the file number and password on the internet website. Registration forms, file numbers, and other information maintained by the information technology department under this section are confidential and the state may not disclose this information to any person other than the subject of the document, or the subject's agent. A health care record may be released to the subject of the document, the subject's agent, or the subject's health care provider. The information technology department may not use information contained in the registry except as provided under this chapter.

b. At the request of the subject of the health care record, or the subject's agent, the information technology department may transmit the information received regarding the health care record to the registry system of another jurisdiction as identified by the requester.

c. This section does not require a health care provider to seek to access registry information about whether a patient has executed a health care record that may be registered under this section. A health care provider who makes good-faith health care decisions in reliance on the provisions of an apparently genuine health care record received from the registry is immune from criminal and civil liability to the same extent and under the same conditions as prescribed in section 23-06.5-12. This section does not affect the duty of a health care provider to provide information to a patient regarding health care directives as may be required under federal law.