Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §2109 is enacted to read:

§2109.__Confidentiality of personal information of applicant

or licensee

An applicant or licensee shall provide the board with a current professional address and telephone number, which is the public contact address, and a personal residence address and telephone number.__An applicant's or licensee's personal residence address and telephone number, and e-mail address if provided by the applicant, are confidential information and may not be disclosed except as permitted by this section or as required by law unless the personal residence address, telephone number and e-mail address have been provided as the public contact address.__Personal health information submitted as part of any application is confidential information and may not be disclosed except as permitted by this section or as required by law.__The personal health information and personal residence address and telephone number may be provided to other governmental licensing or disciplinary authorities or to any health care providers located within or outside this State that are concerned with granting, limiting or denying a nurse's employment or privileges.

SUMMARY

This bill ensures that the personal residence address and telephone number, and e-mail address if provided, of an applicant for licensure by the State Board of Nursing remain confidential unless the applicant has provided a personal residence address, telephone number and e-mail address as the public contact address. It prohibits the disclosure of personal health information and personal residence address and telephone number except to other governmental licensing or disciplinary authorities or to any health care providers located within or outside this State that are concerned with granting, limiting or denying a nurse's employment or privileges.