1. Any information created, collected, or maintained by the milk marketing board under this chapter is confidential and not subject to the open records requirements of section 44-04-18, except that the board may: a. Utilize the information in the administration of this chapter; b. Provide testimony regarding the information in a judicial proceeding or an administrative proceeding conducted in accordance with chapter 28-32; c. Provide the information to the agriculture commissioner for the purpose of determining a licensee's financial condition, as required by chapter 4.1-25; and d. Utilize the information in compiling and disseminating general statistical data.

2. Any person divulging confidential information in violation of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.