TITLE 6

Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions

CHAPTER 6-13

Unfair Sales Practices

SECTION 6-13-17



   § 6-13-17  Requiring consumers to furnish

social security numbers. –

(a) Unless otherwise required by federal law, no person shall require that a

consumer of goods or services disclose all or part of a social security number

incident to the sale of consumer goods or services; provided, however, that:



   (1) Insurance companies and institutions licensed by the

state or federal government for financial services may require applicants for

those services to disclose their social security number;



   (2) Social security numbers may be required for the providing

and billing of health care or pharmaceutical-related services, including the

issuance of identification cards and account numbers for users of health care

or pharmaceutical-related services; and



   (3) Disclosure may be required of a consumer as a condition

of applying for a credit card for the purchase of goods or services.



   (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall

be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than

five hundred dollars ($500).



   (c) In any civil action alleging a violation of this section,

the court may award damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs to a

prevailing consumer and afford injunctive relief against any person or business

that commits or proposes to commit a violation of this section.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1993, ch. 435, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 57, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 69,

§ 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 9.)