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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-1103" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Civil Liability">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “custodian” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Executive officer or administrative head of a licensee, as defined in § 7-1001 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual who is responsible for the area where records on individuals who are served by a licensee, as defined in § 7-1001 of this title, are kept; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any individual who has or controls the record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to any damages recoverable in a court of general jurisdiction, a custodian of a record who discloses the record in violation of § 7-1010 of this title is liable to the individual whose records are disclosed unlawfully for punitive damages in an amount that does not exceed $500 plus reasonable attorney’s fees.</text>
  </level>
</section>
