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<chapter num="11" heading="Compelling Purpose Disclosure" title_num="10" subtitle_num="38">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This chapter does not apply to the disclosure of information in the Board's files to a health occupations regulatory board of this State or another state that licenses or disciplines persons practicing a health occupation.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Disclosure for Compelling Public Purpose.">
    <text>A custodian of the Board may find that a compelling public purpose warrants disclosure of information in a certification, licensing, or investigative file, regardless of whether there has been a request for the information, and may disclose information concerning competent evidence of:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Possible criminal activity, if disclosure is to a federal, state, or local law enforcement or prosecutorial official or authority;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A possible violation of law, if disclosure is to a federal, state, or local authority that has jurisdiction over the individual 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>Conduct by an individual which the Board reasonably believes may pose a risk to the public health, safety, or welfare, if disclosure is to a law enforcement authority, administrative official, agency that regulates the individual, or to a hospital or other health care facility where the individual has privileges.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Other Disclosures.">
    <text>This chapter does not prohibit or limit the ability of the Board to disclose general licensing information under General Provisions Article, §4-333, Annotated Code of Maryland, or any information that the Board may otherwise disclose by law.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">General Provisions Article, §4-333;Health Occupations Article, §13-206; Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: November 11, 2002 (29:22 Md. R. 1721)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>