Names and addresses of providers of services to Medicaid recipients shall be considered public information, subject to the conditions set forth in these rules. Information giving the names of such providers including total amounts of reimbursement may be released at the discretion of the Commissioner upon request therefor setting forth a legitimate purpose for such a disclosure. Such information shall not be released for purposes which in the opinion of the Commissioner are political or commercial.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 290-1-4-.01
Ga. L. 1972, p. 1015 et seq; Ga. L. 1972, p. 1069 et seq and Ga. L. 1965, pp. 385, 390.