California Insurance Code

§ 10149.1

INS § 10149.1 Effective Jan 1, 1995Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2.6

Statute text

(a)This section shall apply to the disclosure of the results of a test for a genetic characteristic requested by an insurer pursuant to this article.

(b)Any person who negligently discloses results of a test for a genetic characteristic to any third party, in a manner which identifies or provides identifying characteristics of the person to whom the test results apply, except pursuant to a written authorization, as described in subdivision (g), or except as provided in this article or in Sections 1603.1 and 1603.3 of the Health and Safety Code, shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) plus court costs, as determined by the court, which penalty and costs shall be paid to the subject of the test.

(c)Any person who willfully discloses the results of a test for a genetic characteristic to any third party, in a manner which identifies or provides identifying characteristics of the person to whom the test results apply, except pursuant to a written authorization, as described in subdivision (g), or except as provided in this article or in Sections 1603.1 and 1603.3 of the Health and Safety Code, shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) plus court costs, as determined by the court, which penalty and costs shall be paid to the subject of the test.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 761, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.