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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="14-418" title_number="14" title_name="Entities That Act as Health Insurers" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Dental Plan Organization Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except for contracts referred to in § 14-405(b)(5) of this subtitle and complaints filed under § 14-412 of this subtitle, applications, filings, and reports required under this subtitle are public documents and may not be considered confidential.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, information obtained by a dental plan organization about the diagnosis, treatment, or health of an enrollee is confidential and may not be disclosed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A dental plan organization may disclose information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to the extent that disclosure may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>with the express consent of the enrollee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>under statute or court order for the production or discovery of evidence; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>if the information is pertinent to a claim or in litigation between the enrollee and dental plan organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A dental plan organization may claim any statutory privileges against disclosure of information that the dentist who provides the information to the dental plan organization may claim.</text>
  </level>
</section>
