# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 33 — Board of Long-Term Care Administrators

### Chapter 08 — Compelling Purpose Disclosure

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

*COMAR 10.33.08.01*

The Board’s Executive Director 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 and may disclose the information under the following circumstances:

A. The information concerns possible criminal activity and is disclosed to a federal, state, or local law enforcement or prosecutorial official or authority;

B. The information concerns a possible violation of law and is disclosed to a federal, state, or local authority that has jurisdiction over the person or government entity whose conduct may be a violation, and the information disclosed is limited to information relevant to the possible violation by that individual; or

C. The information concerns conduct by a person or government entity which the Board’s Executive Director reasonably believes may pose a risk to the public health, safety, or welfare and is disclosed to a law enforcement authority, administrative official, or agency that regulates the individual, or to a hospital or other healthcare facility where the individual has privileges.