Laws of North Carolina (Last Updated: May 12, 2015) |
Chapter126. North Carolina Human Resources Act. |
Article7. The Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records |
§126-28. Penalty for examining, copying, etc., confidential file without authority
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Any person, not specifically authorized by G.S. 126-24 to have access to a personnel file designated as confidential by this Article, who shall knowingly and willfully examine in its official filing place, remove or copy any portion of a confidential personnel file 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. 935; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)