[§92F-17]  Criminal penalties.  (a)  Anofficer or employee of an agency who intentionally discloses or provides a copyof a government record, or any confidential information explicitly described byspecific confidentiality statutes, to any person or agency with actualknowledge that disclosure is prohibited, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,unless a greater penalty is otherwise provided for by law.

(b)  A person who intentionally gains access toor obtains a copy of a government record by false pretense, bribery, or theft,with actual knowledge that access is prohibited, or who intentionally obtainsany confidential information by false pretense, bribery, or theft, with actualknowledge that it is prohibited [by] a confidentiality statute, shall be guiltyof a misdemeanor. [L 1988, c 262, pt of §1]