Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 601 - CONFIDENTIALITY
Section 17-601-8 - Penalty
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-601-8
Current through February, 2024
(a) Any person who fails to safeguard confidential information or who violates rules governing the confidential nature of DHS-BESSD information may be prosecuted for a violation. Violators shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) Any person, including any person who
acquires information through authorized inspection, who, knowing the
information to have been acquired from the records or files of the department,
intentionally divulges the information other than as authorized by law;
and
(2) A person who intentionally
and knowingly aids or abets an unauthorized person in the inspection of the
records or files.
(b) If the court determines that DHS-BESSD acted in a wilful and intentional manner in failing to properly maintain the case record, the provisions of section 92F-27, HRS, shall apply.
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