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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.27.24.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="27" chapter_num="24" heading="Disclosure for Compelling Public Purpose.">
  <text>A custodian of Board records may find that a compelling public purpose warrants disclosure of information in a certification, licensing, or investigative file, whether or not there has been a request for the information under the following circumstances:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>There is possible criminal activity and the disclosure is to a federal, state, or local law enforcement or prosecutorial official or authority;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>There is possible violation of law and the disclosure is to a federal, state, or local authority that has jurisdiction over the individual whose conduct may be a violation or over a facility in which the individual has practiced and the information disclosed is limited to that information relevant to the possible violation by that individual; or</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>There is conduct by an individual that the Board reasonably believes may pose a risk to the public health, safety, or welfare and the disclosure is to a law enforcement authority, administrative official, or agency that regulates the individual or regulates a facility in which the individual has practiced, or to a hospital or other health care facility where the individual has privileges.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>