# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

## Subtitle 01 — Office of the Secretary

### Chapter 07 — Confidentiality of Records

#### Regulation .06 Mandatory Denial of a Request for Disclosure of Other Records—General.

*COMAR 07.01.07.06*

A. A custodian of a record shall deny a request for disclosure:

  (1) If the disclosure requested is contrary to any:

    (a) State or federal statute or regulation,

    (b) Maryland Rule of Procedure, or

    (c) Court order;

  (2) Of a personnel record including, but not limited to an employee's:

    (a) Letters of reference, and

    (b) Home address or telephone number;

  (3) Of information concerning the security of an information system;

  (4) Of a trade secret or confidential commercial information; and

  (5) Subject to §B of this regulation, of information about the licensing of an individual.

B. Licensing Records. Only the following information may be disclosed from a licensing record:

  (1) A licensee's:

    (a) Name,

    (b) Business address, or, if the business address is not available, the home address,

    (c) Business telephone number,

    (d) Educational and occupational background,

    (e) Professional qualifications;

  (2) Findings and orders that result from formal disciplinary actions;

  (3) Evidence that has been provided to the custodian to meet the requirements of a statute regarding financial responsibility;

  (4) Other licensing information which the official custodian determines should be disclosed to fulfill a compelling public purpose; and

  (5) Except for the identity of a reporter of any allegation of child abuse or neglect, or of abuse, neglect, self-neglect, exploitation of a vulnerable adult, information requested by a licensee who is the subject of the requested record.