- (a) An officer or employe of the Commonwealth, contractor to the Commonweath, physician or employe of a county health department, local fire department or local police department who has access to confidential information and who willingly or knowingly discloses the confidential information to a person not authorized to receive it shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
- (b) The person or institution which discloses the confidential information is liable for damages to the full extent of those damages.
- (c) Violation of this section is prima facie evidence of trespass under Commonwealth common law.