California Labor Code

§ 6396

LAB § 6396 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The Director of Industrial Relations shall protect from disclosure any and all trade secrets coming into the director’s possession, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 7924.510 of the Government Code, when requested in writing or by appropriate stamping or marking of documents by the manufacturer or producer of a mixture.

(b)Any information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Director of Industrial Relations, or any of the director’s representatives or employees, which is exempt from disclosure under subdivision (a), shall not be disclosed to anyone except an officer or employee of the state or of the United States of America, in connection with the official duties of that officer or employee under any law for the protection of health, or to contractors with the state and their employees if in the opinion of the director the disclosure is necessary and required for the satisfactory performance of a contract for performance of work in connection with this act.

(c)Any officer or employee of the state, or former officer or employee, who by virtue of that employment or official position has obtained possession of or has access to material the disclosure of which is prohibited by this section, and who, knowing that disclosure of the material is prohibited, knowingly and willfully discloses the material in any manner to any person not entitled to receive it, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any contractor with the state and any employee of that contractor, who has been furnished information as authorized by this section, shall be considered to be an employee of the state for purposes of this section.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 326. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.