{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-1-1009","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-1-1009","heading":"Violations — Penalties — Enforcement.","body":"(a) Any person receiving information containing the personal identity of any patient, who willfully divulges that identity, except as lawfully provided for in this chapter, commits a Class C misdemeanor.\n(b) It is the duty of the district attorney general to prosecute a suit, based on subsection (a), when requested by the commissioner, the county health officer or local board of health.","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 1 Department of Health","Part 10 Tennessee Cancer Reporting System Act of 1983"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.68.odt","current_through":"2021-05-21","vintage":"Tennessee Code Release 76 (2021-05), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:57:36Z","sha256":"48c43cbd617127202a2ad4deb67aebee5484de01961edf9273b1e7e27a3c9603","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-1-1008","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-1-1010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}