17:23C-7. Materials not considered privileged
7. The following materials described in this section shall not become privileged pursuant to the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of this act because they are utilized or incorporated in a voluntary compliance review report:
(1) documents, communications, data, reports or other information required to be collected, developed, maintained, reported or made available to a regulatory agency pursuant to any federal or State law, regulation, permit, bulletin or order or in the normal processing of customer transactions;
(2) information obtained by observation, sampling, examining, auditing or monitoring by any regulatory agency;
(3) information obtained from a source independent of the voluntary compliance review; and
(4) information exchanged by and among the department and other appropriate regulators pursuant to an agreement between or among the regulatory agencies; provided, however, that notwithstanding this permitted exchange of information by the regulatory agencies, sections 3 and 4 of this act shall continue to apply with respect to a person who is not a regulatory agency.
L.1999,c.183,s.7.