District of Columbia Statutes
§ 7-245 — Civil penalties for unlawful use or disclosure.
District of Columbia § 7-245
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 7-245 (2026).
Text
(1)A person who negligently uses or discloses health and human services information in a manner not authorized by this chapter or other District law shall be liable in an amount of $500 for each violation.
(2)For the purposes of this subsection, the term “negligently” means that a person guided by ordinary considerations should have known, and by exercising reasonable diligence would have known, that the use or disclosure was not authorized.
(b)A person who willfully uses or discloses health and human services information in a manner not authorized by this chapter or other District law shall be liable in an amount of $1,000 for each violation.
(c)This section shall not apply to disclosures of information authorized pursuant to other District law or to federal law.
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Legislative History
Dec. 4, 2010, D.C. Law 18-273, § 105, 57 DCR 7171; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, § 53(a), 59 DCR 6190
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District of Columbia § 7-245, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/dc/7-245.