# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 60 — Board of Environmental Health Specialists

### Chapter 07 — Compelling Public Purpose Disclosure

**Authority:** General Provisions Article, §4-333; Health Occupations Article, §21-205; Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date:

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01 and .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 3, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 469); adopted permanently effective April 15, 2013 (40:7 Md. R. 612)

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

*COMAR 10.60.07.01*

The custodian of the records 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 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 that information relevant to the possible violation by that individual; or

C. Conduct by an individual which the custodian of the records 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 10.60.07.02*

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.