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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:1033
citation: "R.S. 9:1033"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book I › Code Title VIII › Chapter 4 › Part III"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1992, number: 820, section: 1, effective_date: 1992-07-08, role: enactment }
---

# Confidentiality; penalties

A. All communications and records of the program pertaining to persons in need of program services are confidential and may be disclosed only pursuant to a court order by the program in the performance of its program services.

B. Any person who violates the confidentiality of individuals served by the program may be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.