Section 38-20A-15 - Unauthorized disclosure of confidential information as public offense.

38-20A-15. Unauthorized disclosure of confidential information as public offense. It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to use for his own advantage, or to reveal, other than to the secretary of agriculture or proper officials or employees of the state or to the courts of this state in response to a subpoena, or to physicians, or in emergencies to pharmacists and other qualified persons for use in the preparation of antidotes, any information relative to formulas of products acquired by authority of §§ 38-20A-4 to 38-20A-13, inclusive. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 38-20A-48, any person who, with intent to defraud, uses or reveals information relative to formulas of products acquired under authority of §§ 38-20A-4 to 38-20A-13, inclusive, commits a petty offense.

Source: SL 1947, ch 99, §§ 4, 9; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 22.12A04 (2) (b), 22.9931; SDCL, § 39-19-15; SL 1977, ch 190, § 416; SL 1992, ch 158, § 100.