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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 10.65.01.15" title_num="10" subtitle_num="65" chapter_num="01" heading="Compelling Public Purpose Disclosure.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The custodian of records for the Board may find that a compelling public purpose warrants disclosure of information in an application, certification, licensing, or investigative file, regardless of whether there has been a request for the information, if the information concerns:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Possible criminal activity and the disclosure is to a federal, state, or local law enforcement or prosecutorial official or authority;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A possible violation of law and the 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="(3)">
      <text>Conduct by an individual that the Board reasonably believes may pose a risk to the public health, safety, or welfare, and the disclosure is to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A law enforcement authority;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An administrative official;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>An Agency that regulates the individual; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A hospital or other health care facility where the individual has privileges.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Other Disclosures. This regulation does not prohibit or limit the ability of the custodian of records for the Board to disclose:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>General licensing information as provided in General Provisions Article, §4-333(c), Annotated Code of Maryland; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Any information that the Board may otherwise disclose by law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>