(a) The department shall acquire, use, disclose, and store identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 in a confidential manner that safeguards the security of the information, and maintain the information in a physically and technologically secure environment.
(b) The department shall expunge, in a confidential manner, identifiable health information collected under AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 when the use of the information by the department no longer furthers the public health purpose for which it is required.
(c) A person who knowingly discloses identifiable health information in violation of this section or a regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In this subsection, "knowingly" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (a).
(d) A person who intentionally discloses identifiable health information in violation of this section or a regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. In this subsection, "intentionally" has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900 (a).
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