Section 17-601-8 - Penalty(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 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 )