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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-215" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Reports; Preventive Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a physician who fails to submit the report required under § 18–204 of this subtitle, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $10.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates any provision of § 18–202 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a physician who fails to submit the report required under § 18–201 of this subtitle, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who violates any provision of § 18–205 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A health care provider or any other person, including an officer or employee of a governmental unit, who knowingly and willfully discloses personal identifying health information acquired for the purposes of HIV and AIDS reporting under § 18–201.1, § 18–202.1, § 18–205, or § 18–207 of this subtitle to any person who is not authorized to receive personal identifying health information under this subtitle or otherwise in violation of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000 for the first offense and not exceeding $10,000 for each subsequent conviction for a violation of any provision of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A health care provider or any other person, including an officer or employee of a governmental unit, who knowingly and willfully requests or obtains information on HIV and AIDS developed under § 18–201.1, § 18–202.1, § 18–205, or § 18–207 of this subtitle under false pretenses or through deception, on conviction is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A fine not exceeding $100,000, imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the offense is committed with intent to sell, transfer, or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm, a fine not exceeding $250,000, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to an officer or employee of a governmental unit that is conducting a criminal investigation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A health care provider or any other person who knowingly violates subsection (e) or (f) of this section is liable for actual damages.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>A physician, laboratory, or institution as defined in § 18–202.1 of this subtitle that in good faith submits a report or otherwise discloses information in accordance with this subtitle is not liable in any action arising from the disclosure of the information.</text>
  </level>
</section>
