Section 505.50  Availability of Information

a)         All Reports of Induced Pregnancy Termination shall be treated as confidential and shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.

b)         The Department shall compile the information contained in the Reports of Induced Pregnancy Termination and issue reports of aggregate data as it deems necessary.

c)         The Department shall compile a Public Use Tape upon request.  Any person or entity making such a request shall pay the cost of producing such Public Use Tape.  If a Public Use Tape has already been produced and paid for, then each succeeding requestor shall only pay the cost of duplicating it.

d)         There shall not be any release of data outside the Department compiled from the Reports of Induced Pregnancy Termination other than the Public Use Tapes.

e)         The Department shall disclose individual patient or facility information to the physician who originally supplied that information to the Department, upon written request of the physician.

f)          The Department, by signed and reciprocating agreement, may disclose individual patient information concerning residents of another state to the registry in the individual's state of residence only if the recipient of such information is legally required to hold such information in confidence and provides protection from disclosure of patient identifying information equivalent to the protection afforded by the Illinois law.

g)         The patient identifying information submitted to the Department by those entities required to submit information under the Law and this Part is to be used in the course of medical study under the Medical Studies Act.  Therefore, such information shall not be admissible as evidence, nor discoverable in any action of any kind, in any court or before any tribunal, board, agency or person.