Penalties.

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(1) A health care provider, laboratory employee, or other person who is required to make a report pursuant to section 25-4-405 and who fails to make such a report commits a class 2 petty offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars.

(2) A health care provider; officer or employee of the state department; officer or employee of a local public health agency; or a person, firm, or corporation that violates section 25-4-406 by breaching the confidentiality requirements of such section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars but not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six months but not more than twenty-four months or by both fine and imprisonment as ordered by a court.

Source: L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 230, p. 909, § 1, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 25-4-407 and 25-4-1409 as they existed prior to 2016.


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