Laws of North Carolina (Last Updated: May 12, 2015) |
Chapter126. North Carolina Human Resources Act. |
Article7. The Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records |
§126-27. Penalty for permitting access to confidential file by unauthorized person
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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).)