Rule 252.16 - Compensation for Representing Claimants Confidentiality(a) The Board and its agents will keep names of Claimants, Requests for Claim, Claims, proceedings and reports involving Claims confidential until the Board authorizes reimbursement to the Claimant, except as provided below. After payment of a Claim, the Board may disclose the nature of the Claim, name of the Claimant, the amount of reimbursement, and the name of the Respondent Attorney.(b) This section does not prohibit the Board and its agents from providing relevant and necessary information about the Request for Claim and Claimant to the Respondent Attorney for purposes of responding to the Request for Claim and investigation.(c) Nothing in this Rule creates a legal right for the Claimant to obtain information from the Board, or for the Board to disclose information to the Claimant.(d) With regard to all matters of disclosure under this Rule, upon a showing of cause, a court of competent jurisdiction may at any time order that a specified disclosure be restricted or deferred, or make such other protective orders as appropriate. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge is a court of competent jurisdiction, as provided in C.R.C.P 242.6(c)(3).(e) Consistent with C.R.C.P. 242.41, this rule is not to be construed to prohibit the release of relevant information by the Regulation Counsel or the Board, at their discretion, to other professional discipline agencies, other law enforcement authorities, or other entities or individuals.Source: Added and adopted June 25, 1998, effective 1/1/1999; amended and adopted by the Court, En Banc, June 15, 2023, effective 9/1/2023.