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[CITE: 42USC1320d-6]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                  Part C--Administrative Simplification
 
Sec. 1320d-6. Wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable 
        health information
        

(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.

(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.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1320d-5 of this title.
