126-27. Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person.
Any public official or employee who shall knowingly and willfully permit any person to have access to or custody or possession of any portion of a personnel file designated as confidential by this Article, unless such person is one specifically authorized by G.S. 126-24 to have access thereto for inspection and examination, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and upon conviction shall only be fined in the discretion of the court but not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00). (1975, c. 257, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 934; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 126 - North Carolina Human Resources Act
Article 7 - The Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records.
§ 126-22 - Personnel files not subject to inspection under § 132-6.
§ 126-24 - Confidential information in personnel files; access to such information.
§ 126-25 - Remedies of employee objecting to material in file.
§ 126-26 - Rules and regulations.
§ 126-27 - Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person.
§ 126-28 - Penalty for examining, copying, etc., confidential file without authority.