HAR §17-601-8
HAR §17-601-8. Penalty
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 17-601-8
(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
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properly maintain the case record, the provisions of
section 92F-27, HRS, shall apply. [Eff 07/19/82; am
and comp 3/19/93; am and comp 7/18/05 ] (Auth: HRS
§§346-10, 346-14; 42 U.S.C. §601-610; 45 C.F.R.
§205.50) (Imp: HRS §§92F-27, 346-11, 346-14; 42 U.S.C.
§601-610; 45 C.F.R. §§205.50, 1391.3)
§17-601-9 REPEALED [R 10/5/91]