C.F.R. » Title 45 » SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 60—NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK › Subpart C—Disclosure of Information by the National Practitioner Data Bank

45 C.F.R. § 60.20

Confidentiality of National Practitioner Data Bank information

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(a) Limitations on disclosure. Information reported to the NPDB is considered confidential and shall not be disclosed outside the Department of Health and Human Services, except as specified in §§ 60.17, 60.18, and 60.21 of this part. Persons and entities receiving information from the NPDB, either directly or from another party, must use it solely with respect to the purpose for which it was provided. The Data Bank report may not be disclosed, but nothing in this section will prevent the disclosure of information by a party from its own files used to create such reports where disclosure is otherwise authorized under applicable state or Federal law.

(b) Penalty for violations. Any person who violates paragraph (a) of this section shall be subject to a civil money penalty of up to $11,000 for each violation. This penalty will be imposed pursuant to procedures at 42 CFR part 1003.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2014–2024 · leading case: Leadbitter, J. v. Keystone Anesthesia v. Petraglia, 229 A.3d 292 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020).
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Leadbitter, J. v. Keystone Anesthesia v. Petraglia, 229 A.3d 292 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 11137 (b)(1) and 45 C.F.R. § 60.20 (a)? Appellant’s Brief at 5.”
Integramed Am., Inc. v. Patton, 298 F.R.D. 326 (D.S.C. 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 40-71-20, 2 documents, data, and informa *329 tion related to a peer review proceeding are privileged and confidential; and (3) the National Practice Data Bank (“NPDB”), because pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 60.20 3 and § 60.18, information reported to NPDB is considered…”
Leadbitter, J. v. Keystone Anesthesia v. Petraglia, 2020 Pa. Super. 36 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 11137 (b)(1) and 45 C.F.R. § 60.20 (a)? Appellant’s Brief at 5.”
Leadbitter v. Keystone; Apl: St. Clair Hosp (Pa. 2021). · cites it 2× “§11137 (b)(1); 45 C.F.R. §60.20 (a)). This Court allowed further review to consider the following issues as framed by the Hospital: (1) Whether the Superior Court’s holding directly conflicts with the Pennsylvania Peer Review Protection Act, 69 P.”
Comm'r of Pub. Health v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n (Conn. 2014). · cites it 2× “) 45 C.F.R. § 60.20 (a) (2013). Thus, there is no question that, under current law, the newspa- per would not be entitled to either Practitioner Data Bank records or Healthcare Data Bank records, but nonetheless could receive information subject to disclo- sure under the act…”
United States of Am. ex rel Tali Arik, M.D. v. DVH Hosp. All., LLC, Inc. (D. Nev. 2023). “193 at 6; 45 C.F.R. § 60.20 (a) (“Information reported to the NPDB is considered confidential and [must] not be disclosed outside” HHS.”
Hetzel v. ANC Healthcare, Inc. (W.D.N.C. 2024). “”); 45 C.F.R. § 60.20 (a) (“Information reported to the [Data Bank] is considered confidential and shall not be disclosed outside the Department of Health and Human Services….”
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