Indiana § 5-14-3-10 - Classified confidential information; unauthorized disclosure or failure to protect; offense; discipline

§ 5-14-3-10. Classified confidential information; unauthorized disclosure or failure to protect; offense; discipline

Sec. 10. (a) A public employee, a public official, or an employee or officer of a contractor or subcontractor of a public agency, except as provided by IC 4-15-10, who knowingly or intentionally discloses information classified as confidential by state statute, including information declared confidential under:

(1) section 4(a) of this chapter; or

(2) section 4(b) of this chapter if the public agency having control of the information declares it to be confidential;

commits a Class A infraction.

(b) A public employee may be disciplined in accordance with the personnel policies of the agency by which the employee is employed if the employee intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly discloses or fails to protect information classified as confidential by state statute.

(c) A public employee, a public official, or an employee or officer of a contractor or subcontractor of a public agency who unintentionally and unknowingly discloses confidential or erroneous information in response to a request under IC 5-14-3-3(d) or who discloses confidential information in reliance on an advisory opinion by the public access counselor is immune from liability for such a disclosure.

(d) This section does not apply to any provision incorporated into state law from a federal statute.

As added by P.L.17-1984, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.54-1985, SEC.8; P.L.68-1987, SEC.3; P.L.77-1995, SEC.6; P.L.70-1999, SEC.3 and P.L.191-1999, SEC.3; P.L.126-2012, SEC.24.