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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 13A.18.16.02" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="16" heading="Disclosure of Information from Licensing Records.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as prohibited or restricted by applicable law or regulation, the custodian of record may make the following information from licensing records available to a requester:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Findings of inspections conducted by the office in registered child care homes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Records of complaint forms pertaining to confirmed or unsubstantiated complaints;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Copies of certificates of registration, including those on provisional status;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Variances;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Correspondence and documents requiring abatement of noncompliance with the regulations of this subtitle, including compliance agreements;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Correspondence and documents pertaining to enforcement actions taken by the Department or office against a provider or a child care home, including denial letters, sanctions, emergency suspensions, and revocations; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Correspondence regarding requests for inspection of licensing records under this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The custodian of record may not disclose sociological information to a requester, except that this information may be disclosed:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To public employees in the performance of their public duties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>To parties litigating claims for unemployment insurance to the extent the sociological information would be available to private parties in litigation; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>When required by a duly issued subpoena.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>