Sec. 10.10.10.09. Confidentiality  


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  • A. General. Except as otherwise provided in an employer's written drug testing policy, in this regulation, or in Health-General Article, §17-214, Annotated Code of Maryland, all information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, and test results received or produced as a result of job-related alcohol or controlled dangerous substances testing are confidential and may be released only under a lawful subpoena, court order, or a release signed by the individual tested, or, in the case of a minor, by the individual's parent or legal guardian.

    B. Nonprescription and Medically Prescribed Drugs. In the course of obtaining information for, or as a result of, conducting job-related alcohol or controlled dangerous substances testing for an employer, a laboratory, a physician, including a physician retained by the employer, or any other person, may not reveal to the employer information regarding the use of a:

    (1) Nonprescription drug, excluding alcohol, that is not prohibited under the laws of the State; or

    (2) Medically prescribed drug, unless the individual being tested is unable to establish that the drug was medically prescribed under the laws of the State.