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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.33.08.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="33" chapter_num="08" heading="Disclosure for Compelling Public Purpose.">
  <text>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:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The information concerns possible criminal activity and is disclosed to a federal, state, or local law enforcement or prosecutorial official or authority;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>