§2017.9. Medicare; use of information obtained; penalty

            All files, records, reports, or other papers, or any information obtained at any time by the Louisiana Department of Health in the course of discharging its duties under any agreement with the United States of America through the Department of Health, Education and Welfare or its successor pertaining to Public Law 80-97, popularly known as the Medicare Act, shall be used solely for the purposes of such agreement; and it shall be unlawful, except for said purposes, for any person to solicit, disclose, receive or make use of or to authorize or knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of any information obtained by the Louisiana Department of Health pursuant to, or as a result of, any agreement with the United States of America as aforementioned. Nothing herein contained shall limit the use of records, reports, charts, documents or other papers or information as governed by R.S. 40:2013.3, 2014.1, or 2016 or R.S. 44:7.

            Added by Acts 1966, No. 168, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 680, §54; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.