N.D. Cent. Code § 54-46-14: Continued confidentiality of records

The head of an agency may provide, and the administrator may receive, any record necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter without regard to the confidential or secret nature of the information in the record. However, the administrator and agents or employees of the administrator involved with records management under this chapter are subject to the same restrictions and penalties regarding the dissemination of the information as are the personnel of the agency involved.