# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 56 — Board of Dietetic Practice

### Chapter 06 — Compelling Purpose Disclosure

**Authority:** General Provisions Article, §4-333; Health Occupations Article, §5-205; Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: October 29, 2001 (28:21 Md. R. 1856)

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 10.56.06.01*

A. This chapter permits the Board of Dietetic Practice to disclose investigative information to other agencies, or other entities, or both, under certain circumstances.

B. A custodian may disclosure information in a certification, licensing, or investigative file if the custodian determines that a compelling public purpose exists to warrant disclosure.

#### Regulation .02 Disclosure for Compelling Public Purpose.

*COMAR 10.56.06.02*

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:

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 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

C. 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.

#### Regulation .03 Other Disclosures.

*COMAR 10.56.06.03*

This chapter does not prevent or limit the ability of the Board to disclose general licensing information as provided in General Provisions Article, §4-333, Annotated Code of Maryland, or any information which the Board may otherwise disclose by law.