Except as otherwise authorized by law, an agent of the department or the superintendent of the life skills and transition center or the provider agency, their agents , or employees may not disclose the contents of an eligible individual's records, nor of the reports received from those records, except: 1. In a judicial proceeding when ordered by the presiding judge; 2. To a law enforcement official for a law enforcement purpose or any other legally constituted boards or agencies serving the interests of the eligible individuals for treatment, payment, or health care operations, to arrange, facilitate, or coordinate service to any such person; 3. To the parents or legal guardians of the eligible individual; 4. To a physician to aid in the treatment of an individual within the fourth degree of consanguinity of a deceased eligible individual, if the disclosure is limited to genetic health information that has a direct bearing on the health of the relative, the relative's child, or the relative's decision to have a child; or 5. To an individual who is within the fourth degree of consanguinity of a deceased eligible individual, if the disclosure is limited to information about an eligible individual needed to establish a family's genealogy.
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