Article 70 of Law on the Practice of Medicine and Allied Health Professions

Without prejudice to any more severe penalty prescribed by another law, anyone who discloses or publishes, by any means or method, any secret pertaining to a patient shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding ten thousand Kuwaiti dinars, or by either of these two penalties, whether that secret came to his knowledge, was discovered by him, or became known to him through the performance of his work or because of it, or was confided to him or entrusted to him by the patient, or was heard by him from another person, in cases other than those in which the law permits disclosure of the secret. Criminal proceedings pursuant to this Article may not be instituted except upon a request by the victim, his legal representative, or the Undersecretary of the Ministry. If the person whose secret was disclosed died before the disclosure or publication, the request may be submitted by one of his heirs or by the Undersecretary of the Ministry.