MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 307

The provisions of §66 relating to clerks of
the Superior Court are covered in the
following section.

Subsection (b) was enacted in 1829 and has
not been amended or cited by the Court of
Appeals. The word "private" makes this
section compatible with §10—204.

SEC. 10-204. PUBLIC RECORDS.

A COPY OF A PUBLIC RECORD, BOOK, PAPER, OR
PROCEEDING OF ANY AGENCY OF THE STATE OR OF ANY OF ITS
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OR OF AN AGENCY OF ANY
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION SHALL BE RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE IN
ANY COURT IF CERTIFIED AS A TRUE COPY BY THE CUSTODIAN
OF THE RECORD, BOOK, PAPER, OR PROCEEDING, AND IF
OTHERWISE ADMISSIBLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language
derived from Art. 35, §§ 67 through 82. All
of these sections deal with the same subject
matter, and the agencies and departments are
added from time to time. The proposed
revision would bring all governmental
agencies under this one section. Presently
Art. 41, §9 permits rules and regulations
filed with the Clerk of the Court of Appeals
to be introduced in this same manner. Md.
Laws 1973, Ch. 708 adds the records of the
State Administrative Board of Election Laws
to the list of agencies whose records may be
produced in this manner. Because of the
proposed revision of the language of §10—204,
it is not necessary to make a specific
reference to this chapter or its contents in
order to incorporate its provisions in this
section.

SEC. 10-205. PUBLIC RECORDS - EXCEPTION.
(A) CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS.

RECORDS, REPORTS, STATEMENTS, NOTES, OR
INFORMATION ASSEMBLED OR OBTAINED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, THE MARYLAND
COMMISSION TO STUDY PROBLEMS OF DRUG ADDICTION AND THE
MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF ITS ALLIED MEDICAL
SOCIETIES, OR AN IN-HOSPITAL STAFF COMMITTEE OF A
NATIONAL ORGANIZED MEDICAL SOCIETY OR RESEARCH GROUP,
WHICH ARE DECLARED CONFIDENTIAL BY §1-1 OR §1-34 OF