17:23C-13. Production of documents not a waiver of privilege; penalty
13. a. The department may require production of any document from an insurance carrier through timely disclosure or pursuant to compulsion of law, for its review. This production shall not constitute a waiver of the privilege established by this act.
b. The privilege provided by this act shall not be waived if the department or an employee of the department discloses a document provided to the department to a third-party. For the purpose of this section, "third party" means a person other than a federal, State or local governmental agency; however, those agencies shall only be provided access to voluntary compliance reports if they agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this act.
c. Any person who is found to have intentionally or recklessly disclosed any document to a third party in violation of this act shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree.
L.1999,c.183,s.13.