14- 193 C.M.R. ch. 20, § 1 - Introduction
Title 34-B MRSA §1207(1)(H) authorizes the Department to adopt rules to make available to the public the names and dates of death of individuals who died while patients at the Augusta Mental Health Institute, the Bangor Mental Health Institute, or the Riverview Psychiatric Center. The rules must require the Department to notify the public regarding the release of the information and to maintain the confidentiality of information concerning any deceased individual whose surviving relatives notify the department that they object to public disclosure.
These rules apply only to information maintained by the
Department of Health and Human Services and only for the purpose of creating a
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