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    42 USC Sec. 1320d-6                                         01/08/2008

EXPCITE

    TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
    CHAPTER 7 - SOCIAL SECURITY
    SUBCHAPTER XI - GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE
                     SIMPLIFICATION
    Part C - Administrative Simplification

HEAD

    Sec. 1320d-6. Wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable
      health information

STATUTE

    (a) Offense
      A person who knowingly and in violation of this part -
        (1) uses or causes to be used a unique health identifier;
        (2) obtains individually identifiable health information
      relating to an individual; or
        (3) discloses individually identifiable health information to
      another person,
    shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
    (b) Penalties
      A person described in subsection (a) of this section shall -
        (1) be fined not more than $50,000, imprisoned not more than 1
      year, or both;
        (2) if the offense is committed under false pretenses, be fined
      not more than $100,000, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or
      both; and
        (3) if the offense is committed with intent to sell, transfer,
      or use individually identifiable health information for
      commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm, be fined
      not more than $250,000, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or
      both.

SOURCE

    (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1177, as added Pub. L. 104-
    191, title II, Sec. 262(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2029.)