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(3) A person having the legal authorization to
evaluate or treat a child, parent or custodian who is
the subject of a record, including a member of a
treatment team or group convened to plan for or treat a
child or family that is the subject of a record; the
record must be requested for the purpose of evaluating
or treating the child, parent or custodian who is the
subject of the record;

 
(4) Governmental entities of this State that are not
engaged in licensing; and

 
(5) Governmental entities of any county or
municipality of this State that are not engaged in
licensing.

 
A request or order by a court for disclosure of records
pursuant to subsection 3, paragraph B must be deemed to have
been made by the person requesting that the court order the
disclosure.

 
B. The department may charge fees for the following
services:

 
(1) Researching its records to determine whether a
particular person is named in the records;

 
(2) Receiving and responding to a request for
disclosure of department records, whether or not the
department grants the request; and

 
(3) Disclosing department records.

 
Sec. 10. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§6, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt.
W, §1, is repealed.

 
Sec. 11. 22 MRSA §4008-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 328, §1, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 12. 22 MRSA §4012, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

 
3.__Liability for false report.__A person who makes a report,
including the information required in subsection 2, paragraph F,
that is inaccurate and malicious commits a Class D crime pursuant
to Title 17-A, section 509.

 
Sec. 13. 22 MRSA §4014, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1987, c. 395, Pt. A,
§89, is further amended to read:


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