49-11-613 - Confidentiality of records. - Tennessee Statutes

49-11-613. Confidentiality of records.

(a)  It is unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program and in accordance with regulations, for any person or persons to solicit, disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any list of or names of, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the state or subdivisions or agencies of the state or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties.

(b)  A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1947, ch. 93, § 12; C. Supp. 1950, § 2483.9 (Williams, § 2483.19); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-2814; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]