# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 27 — Board of Nursing

### Chapter 24 — Compelling Purpose Disclosure

**Authority:** State Government Article, §10-617(h)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: July 23, 2001 (28:14 Md. R. 1322)

#### Regulation .01 Disclosure for Compelling Public Purpose.

*COMAR 10.27.24.01*

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:

A. There is possible criminal activity and the disclosure is to a federal, state, or local law enforcement or prosecutorial official or authority;

B. 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

C. 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.

#### Regulation .02 Other Disclosures.

*COMAR 10.27.24.02*

This chapter does not prevent or limit the ability of the Board to disclose general licensing information as provided in State Government Article, §10-617(h), Annotated Code of Maryland, or any information which the Board may otherwise disclose by law.