§ 5 §15302-A — Confidentiality; freedom of access

Maine § 5 §15302-A

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES
• Part 19: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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1.
Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.
Proceedings; records; confidentiality.
The proceedings of the board and the records of the institute are public for the purposes of Title 1, chapter 13, except that the following records are designated as confidential for purposes of Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph A:
3.
Wrongful disclosure prohibited.
A member, officer, employee, agent, other representative of the board or other person may not knowingly divulge or disclose records declared confidential by this section, except that the board may, in its discretion, make or authorize a disclosure of impersonal, statistical or general information or may make or authorize disclosure of information:
4.
Public information.
Notwithstanding subsection 2, the institute shall make available the following information upon request:
5.
Construction.
This section must be strictly construed to protect the confidentiality of all documents designated as confidential, the confidentiality of which is essential to the technology development purpose of the institute and to the confidence of the private sector in the institute and its mission.

Legislative History

PL 2001, c. 562, §2 (NEW).