§8904.__Confidentiality of information

1.__Limited disclosure.__All orders of commitment, medical and administrative records, applications and reports, and facts contained in them, pertaining to any person receiving services from the department, must be kept confidential and may not be disclosed by any person, except that public records must be disclosed in accordance with Title 1, section 408, criminal history record information may be disseminated in accordance with Title 16, chapter 3, subchapter VIII, and documents, other than those documents pertaining to information obtained by the department for the purpose of evaluating a juvenile's ability to participate in a community-based program or from informants in a correctional facility for the purpose of determining whether facility rules have been violated, or a victim's request for notice of release, may, and must upon request, be disclosed:

A.__To any person, if the person receiving services, that person's legal guardian, if any, and, if that person is a minor, that person's parent or legal guardian, gives informed written consent to the disclosure of the documents referred to in this subsection after being given the opportunity to review the documents sought to be disclosed;

B.__To any state agency if necessary to carry out the statutory functions of that agency;

C.__If ordered by a court of record, subject to any limitation in the Maine Rules of Evidence, Rule 503;

D.__To any criminal justice agency if necessary to carry out the administration of criminal justice, the administration of juvenile criminal justice or for criminal justice agency employment;

E.__To persons engaged in research if:

(1)__The research plan is first submitted to and approved by the commissioner;

(2)__The disclosure is approved by the commissioner; and