Section 144.298 Penalties - Minnesota Statutes

144.298 PENALTIES.

Subdivision 1.Licensing action.

A violation of sections 144.291 to 144.298 may be grounds for disciplinary action against a provider by the appropriate licensing board or agency.

Subd. 2.Liability of provider or other person.

A person who does any of the following is liable to the patient for compensatory damages caused by an unauthorized release, plus costs and reasonable attorney fees:

(1) negligently or intentionally requests or releases a health record in violation of sections 144.291 to 144.297;

(2) forges a signature on a consent form or materially alters the consent form of another person without the person's consent; or

(3) obtains a consent form or the health records of another person under false pretenses.

Subd. 3.Liability for record locator service.

A patient is entitled to receive compensatory damages plus costs and reasonable attorney fees if a health information exchange maintaining a record locator service, or an entity maintaining a record locator service for a health information exchange, negligently or intentionally violates the provisions of section 144.293, subdivision 8.

History:

2007 c 147 art 10 s 9