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(b)    It is unlawful for any person to give away or otherwise to
divulge to a person or persons not engaged in such research and study
for the Authority, any of such records, reports, statements, notes,
or other information, which name or otherwise identify any person
or persons. Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle
is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not
more than fifty dollars ($50.00).

(c)    Access to and use of any such records, reports, statements,
notes, or other information also are protected and regulated, by the
provisions of Section 101 of Article 35 and Section 10 of Article 75C.

(d)    Nothing in this section applies to or restricts the use as OR
publicizing OF statistics, data or other material which summarize or
refer to any such records, reports, statements, notes or information
in the aggregate and without referring to or disclosing the identity
of any individual person or persons.

23. Effect of Creation of a Secretary of Health.

In the event that a new Department of Health AND MENTAL
HYGIENE administered by a Secretary of Health is created by sub-
sequent law, both that Department and Secretary shall be substituted
for any reference made within this Article to the Department of
Mental Hygiene and its Commissioner.

24. Severability Clause.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this Article
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be in-
valid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the re-
mainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

25.

Any section or subsection of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and
in particular Section 306B of Article 27, which are inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any
such inconsistency.

Sec. 2. And, be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 2, 1969.

CHAPTER 405
(Senate Bill 38)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 1 through 107, inclusive; 130 through
163, inclusive; 171 through 176, inclusive; 202 through 247, in-
clusive; 285 through 288, inclusive; 289 through 299, inclusive;
305 through 319 318, inclusive, and 329 and 330 of Article 77 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Public Education," (1965