(a) Every user has the right that all information about his health status, medical condition, diagnosis, prognosis and health care and all other information of a personal kind (identified or identifiable to him ), must be kept confidential, even after his Assam Act X V III o f 1993 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 7,2010 993 death, and such confidential information can only be disclosed if the user gives explicit consent or any law expressly provides for this; it may be used for study, teaching or research only with the authorization of ihe user, the head of the health care establishment concerned and the Institutional Ethics Committee of the establishment.
Duties of users 10. Every user has the following duties
(i) To provide health care providers with the relevant and accurate information for health care, subject to the user’s right to confidentiality and privacy ;
(ii) To comply with the prescribed health care, subject to the same having been administered after duly observing the user’s rights as enumerated above ; and
(iii) To sign a discharge certificate or release of liability if he or she refuses to accept recommended treatment ;
(iv) To ensure that the premises occupied by the user are kept clean and indulge in no activity that pollutes the atmosphere physically or otherwise.
Rights to health care providers vis-a-vis users: