[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 199]
[Revised as of October 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR60.13]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           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

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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.