New Jersey Statutes 10:5-49. Violations, penalties for unlawful disclosure of genetic information
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 10:5-49
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
10. a. Any person violating the provisions of sections 6 through 9, inclusive, of P.L.1996, c.126 (C. 10:5-45 through C. 10:5-48) shall be a disorderly person and shall be punished by a fine of $1,000, a prison term of six months, or both.
b. Any person who willfully discloses an individual’s genetic information to any third party in violation of P.L.1996, c.126 shall be punished by a fine of $5,000, a prison term of one year, or both.
c. Any person who discloses an individual’s genetic information in violation of P.L.1996, c.126, shall be liable to the individual for all actual damages, including damages for economic, bodily, or emotional harm which is proximately caused by the disclosure.
L.1996,c.126,s.10.