[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR60.13]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 60_NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK FOR ADVERSE INFORMATION ON 

PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart C_Disclosure of Information by the National Practitioner Data 

                                  Bank

 

Sec.  60.13  Confidentiality of National Practitioner Data Bank information.



    (a) Limitations on disclosure. Information reported to the Data Bank 

is considered confidential and shall not be disclosed outside the 

Department of Health and Human Services, except as specified in Sec.  

60.10, Sec.  60.11 and Sec.  60.14. Persons and entities which receive 

information from the Data Bank either directly or from another party 

must use it solely with respect to the purpose for which it was 

provided. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the disclosure of 

information by a party which is authorized under applicable State law to 

make such disclosure.

    (b) Penalty for violations. Any person who violates paragraph (a) 

shall be subject to a civil money penalty of up to $10,000 for each 

violation. This penalty will be imposed pursuant to procedures at 42 CFR 

part 1003.