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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-13-21. Public access to records.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-13-21. Public access to records.

(a) Any records, reports, or information obtained from any person pursuant to this chapter shall be available to the public, except that upon a showing satisfactory to the director by any person that such records, reports, or information or a particular part thereof to which the director or any officer, employee, or representative thereof has access pursuant to this chapter, if made public, would divulge information entitled to protection under 18 U.S.C. Section 1905, such information or particular portion thereof shall be considered confidential in accordance with the purposes of that statute. However, such confidential record, report, document, or information may be disclosed to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the State of Georgia or the United States concerned with carrying out this chapter or the federal act or, when relevant, in any proceedings under this chapter or the federal act.

(b) In submitting information pursuant to this chapter, a person required to provide such information may:

(1) Designate the information which such person believes is entitled to protection under this Code section; and

(2) Submit such designated information separately from other data submitted under this Code section.

## History

Code 1981, § 12-13-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072, § 1.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, ‘‘Section’’ was inserted following ‘‘U.S.C.’’ in subsection (a).