All patient care information, including patient identification and condition reports, shall be held confidential. No ambulance operator, attendant, dispatcher or other emergency medical services personnel shall release patient information to any person or agency, except where such release of information is specifically authorized in writing by the patient or his legally authorized representative; except, that such information shall he released upon request to:
(1) Law enforcement personnel acting in the line of duty;
(2) Hospital and medical personnel participating in the care of the patient;
(3) The medical control board and its duly authorized representatives;
(4) The American Red Cross trans- plantation services in the event of a death; provided, however, that the American Red Cross transplantation services shall not be contacted until after the decedent’s next of kin has been notified.
(1976 Code, § 6-34) (Ord. 2-4-75, § 7; Ord. 1745, § 1, passed 9-15-1987)