68-1-1009 - Violations Penalties Enforcement.

68-1-1009. Violations Penalties Enforcement.

(a)  Any person receiving information containing the personal identity of any patient, who willfully divulges that identity, except as lawfully provided for in this chapter, commits a Class C misdemeanor.

(b)  It is the duty of the district attorney general to prosecute a suit, based on subsection (a), when requested by the commissioner, the county health officer or local board of health.

[Acts 1985, ch. 85, § 5; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]