# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 44 — Board of Dental Examiners

### Chapter 25 — Compelling Public Purpose

**Authority:** Health Occupations Article, §4-205; State Government Article, §10-617(h)(3); Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: December 24, 2001 (28:25 Md. R. 2192)

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

*COMAR 10.44.25.01*

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, if the information concerns:

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

B. A possible violation of law, and is disclosed 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

C. Conduct by an individual which the Board 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 health care facility where the individual has privileges.

#### Regulation .02 Other Disclosures.

*COMAR 10.44.25.02*

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.