Sec. 18.15.365. Information security safeguards.
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Sec. 18.15.365. Information security safeguards.
(a)The department shall acquire, use, disclose, and store identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 — 18.15.395 in a confidential manner that safeguards the security of the information, and maintain the information in a physically and technologically secure environment.
(b)The department shall expunge, in a confidential manner, identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 — 18.15.395 when the use of the information by the department no longer furthers the public health purpose for which it is required.
(c)A person who knowingly discloses identifiable health information in violation of this section or a regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In this subsection, “knowingly” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (a).
(d)A person who intentionally discloses identifiable health information in violation of this section or a regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In this subsection, “intentionally” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (a).