Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §2600-A is enacted to read:

§2600-A.__Confidentiality of personal information of licensee

Unless the licensee provides no professional address and telephone number, the board may not publicly disclose a licensee's private residence address or telephone number.__The board may not publicly disclose a licensee's social security number.

Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §3300-A is enacted to read:

§3300-A.__Confidentiality of personal information of licensee

Unless the licensee provides no professional address and telephone number, the board may not publicly disclose a licensee's private residence address or telephone number.__The board may not publicly disclose a licensee's social security number.

SUMMARY

The bill protects the privacy of physicians in the State by preventing the Board of Licensure in Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Licensure from disclosing to the public certain personal information.