(a) No person or entity may be held liable in any civil action with respect to a report or disclosure of discharge data made under this article, except under the following circumstances:

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-21-418

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) The person or entity has knowledge of the falsity of the discharge data reported or disclosed.
(2) The discharge data is publicly disclosed in violation of this article or federal law regarding confidentiality of individually identifiable health information.
(3) The disclosure is made wantonly, arbitrarily, capriciously, or through an abuse of discretion.
(b) Nothing in this section is intended to create a new private cause of action in any court of this state.
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