86.45  Confidential information.
  1.  “Confidential information”, for the purposes of this section, means all information that is filed with the workers’ compensation commissioner as a result of an employee’s injury or death that would allow the identification of the employee or the employee’s dependents. Confidential information includes first reports of injury and subsequent reports of claim activity. Confidential information does not include pleadings, motions, decisions, opinions, or applications for settlement that are filed with the workers’ compensation commissioner.
  2.  The workers’ compensation commissioner shall not disclose confidential information except as follows:
  a.  Pursuant to the terms of a written waiver of confidentiality executed by the employee or the dependents of the employee whose information is filed with the workers’ compensation commissioner.
  b.  To another governmental agency, or to an advisory, rating, or research organization, for the purpose of compiling statistical data, evaluating the state’s workers’ compensation system, or conducting scientific, medical, or public policy research, where such disclosure will not allow the identification of the employee or the employee’s dependents.
  c.  To the employee or to the agent or attorney of the employee whose information is filed with the workers’ compensation commissioner.
  d.  To the person or to the agent of the person who submitted the information to the workers’ compensation commissioner.
  e.  To an agent, representative, attorney, investigator, consultant, or adjuster of an employer, or insurance carrier or third-party administrator of workers’ compensation benefits, who is involved in administering a claim for such benefits related to the injury or death of the employee whose information is filed with the workers’ compensation commissioner.
  f.  To all parties to a contested case proceeding before the workers’ compensation commissioner in which the employee or a dependent of the employee, whose information is filed with the workers’ compensation commissioner, is a party.
  g.  In compliance with a subpoena.
  h.  To an agent, representative, attorney, investigator, consultant, or adjuster of the employee, employer, or insurance carrier or third-party administrator of insurance benefits, who is involved in administering a claim for insurance benefits related to the injury or death of the employee whose information is filed with the workers’ compensation commissioner.
  i.  To another governmental agency that is charged with the duty of enforcing liens or rights of subrogation or indemnity.
  3.  This section does not create a cause of action for a violation of its provisions against the workers’ compensation commissioner or against the state or any governmental subdivision of the state.
2005 Acts, ch 168, §14, 23
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