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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.56.06.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="56" chapter_num="06" heading="Disclosure for Compelling Public Purpose.">
  <text>A custodian 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:</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 regulatory violation and is disclosed to a federal, state, or local regulatory authority which has jurisdiction over the individual whose conduct may be a violation and the information disclosed is limited to the possible regulatory violation by that individual; or</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The information concerns conduct by an individual which the custodian 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 which regulates the individual, or to a hospital or other health care facility where the individual has privileges.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>