{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-17.511","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 17.511","heading":"Penalties for violations.","body":"Any person who knows that a document or record is a confidential and privileged quality assurance document or record described in §§ 17.500 through 17.511 and willfully discloses such confidential and privileged quality assurance record or document or information contained therein, except as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 5705 or the regulations in §§ 17.500 through 17.511, shall be fined not more than $5,000 in the case of a first offense and not more than $20,000 in the case of each subsequent offense.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 17—MEDICAL"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"d4b793d5fbac0bbe10b416f7d85b9c3d0aef84b1bea480f0429c6046bcc0563c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-17.510","next":"us/38-cfr-17.525"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}