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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 07.01.07.07" title_num="07" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="07" heading="Discretionary Denial of Request for Disclosure of Records.">
  <text>An official custodian may deny disclosure or personal review of a record otherwise required to be disclosed if:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The official custodian believes that disclosure is contrary to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The public interest;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In a child abuse or neglect case, the best interest of a child who was allegedly subject to abuse or neglect, of the child's siblings, or of other children in the household, family, or care of the alleged abuser or neglector; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>In an adult protective service case, the best interest of a vulnerable adult who was allegedly subject to abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or exploitation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>One of the following circumstances exists:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A State or federal statute or regulation, a Maryland Rule of Procedure, or a court order gives the custodian discretion to deny disclosure,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The official custodian determines, after consulting with counsel, that the record is subject to an attorney-client, attorney work-product, executive, or other privilege,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The information requested consists of specific details of a research project conducted by a State agency, except that the name, title, expenditures, and availability date of the final project summary shall be disclosed upon request, or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The record concerns a law enforcement investigation, or is an investigatory file compiled for a law enforcement, judicial, or prosecution purpose, to the extent permitted by State Government Article, §10-618, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>