71-4-1114 - Charging disabled to file application Illegal use of lists Penalty.
71-4-1114. Charging disabled to file application Illegal use of lists Penalty.
(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to directly or indirectly either charge or receive anything of value for assisting any person in making application to the proper authorities of this state, or any of them, for relief or assistance under the provisions of this part.
(b) It is unlawful for any person, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of this part, to solicit, disclose, receive, make use of, authorize or knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of, any list of names of, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving aid to the permanently and totally disabled, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the department or divisions of the department, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties, except as provided by §§ 71-1-117 and 71-1-118.
(c) A person violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.
[Acts 1955, ch. 30, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1975, ch. 219, § 1 (a, b); T.C.A., § 14-432; Acts 1986, ch. 905, § 2; T.C.A., § 14-16-114; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]