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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 07.01.07.05" title_num="07" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="07" heading="Disclosure by Consent.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An applicant or customer may consent to disclosure of specific information to a third party, if the requirements of this regulation are met.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An applicant or customer identified in the record shall sign a written consent form, which includes the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Specific information to be disclosed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Person or agency requesting the information;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Person or agency to receive the information;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Purpose for the disclosure;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Date of the request;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Signature of the applicant or customer; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Date signed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The applicant or customer shall verify the applicant's or customer's identity to the custodian, either in person or by affidavit or notarized consent form.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An applicant or customer who is 16 years old or older may sign the applicant's or customer's own consent form.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If an applicant or customer is a child younger than 16 years old, the child's parent, guardian, or attorney may consent under this regulation to release of information from the child's records, if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The consenting individual is not alleged to have abused or neglected the child or any of the child's siblings; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Disclosure is in the child's best interest.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>