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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="1-305" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Confidential Financial Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any officer, employee, agent, or director of a fiduciary institution who knowingly and willfully discloses financial records in violation of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any person who knowingly and willfully induces or attempts to induce an officer, employee, agent, or director of a fiduciary institution to disclose financial records in violation of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply in connection with an abuse report required under § 1–306(d) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A fiduciary institution that fails to file an abuse report concerning an elder adult as required under § 1–306(d) of this subtitle is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A civil penalty not exceeding $1,000; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the failure to report is willful, a civil penalty not exceeding $5,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The civil penalties provided under paragraph (2) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>May be recovered only in a civil action brought by the Attorney General against the fiduciary institution; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall be paid by the fiduciary institution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A person who discloses information contained in an abuse report in violation of § 1–306(d)(4) of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
