Maine § 22 §7703 Records; disclosure

Maine Statutes

§ 22 §7703 — Records; disclosure

Maine·Title 22 HEALTH AND WELFARE·Part 3 DRUG ABUSE·Ch. 1661 GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.Records. Except as otherwise provided by law and this section, any records that are made, acquired or retained by the department in connection with its responsibilities under this subtitle shall be available to the public.

2.Confidential information. Except as provided in subsections 3 and 4, confidential information may not be released without a court order or a written release from the person about whom the confidential information has been requested. The following information is confidential:

3.Optional disclosure of confidential information. Relevant information made confidential by subsection 2 may be released to the following:

4.Mandatory disclosure of confidential information. The department shall disclose relevant information in the records made confidential by subsection 2 t

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1.
Records.
Except as otherwise provided by law and this section, any records that are made, acquired or retained by the department in connection with its responsibilities under this subtitle shall be available to the public.
2.
Confidential information.
Except as provided in subsections 3 and 4, confidential information may not be released without a court order or a written release from the person about whom the confidential information has been requested. The following information is confidential:
3.
Optional disclosure of confidential information.
Relevant information made confidential by subsection 2 may be released to the following:
4.
Mandatory disclosure of confidential information.
The department shall disclose relevant information in the records made confidential by subsection 2 to the following persons:
5.
Dissemination of confidential information.
Information released pursuant to subsections 3 and 4 must be used solely for the purpose for which it was provided and may not be further disseminated, except as provided in subsection 5‑A.
5-A.
Dissemination by Department of Education.
Reports of suspected child abuse or neglect released in accordance with subsection 4, paragraph G may be disseminated by the Department of Education to the superintendent of a school administrative unit, the chief administrator of a public school not in a school administrative unit or the chief administrator of a private school when neither the department nor the Department of Education is investigating the reports of suspected child abuse or neglect released in accordance with subsection 4, paragraph G or the school administrative unit, public school or private school is determined by the department to be unaware of the information, as long as the identity of or any reference to the complainant or reporter of suspected child abuse or neglect is protected.
6.
Rules.
The department may adopt rules necessary to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.

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Legislative History

PL 1983, c. 691, §2 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 437, §4 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 714, §§8,9 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 502, §A81 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 700, §A94 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 596, §B11 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 596, §B25 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 683, §B18 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 324, §§6, 7 (AMD). RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §§218-220 (COR). PL 2025, c. 362, §§4-6 (AMD).