(a) Each contractor shall provide OCP with any relevant information requested and shall permit OCP access to its premises, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours for the purpose of conducting on-site compliance reviews, employee interviews, and inspecting and copying such books, records, accounts and other material as may be relevant to a matter under investigation for the purpose of determining and enforcing compliance with this subchapter.

(b) All information provided to the CRD in response to a request from OCP that contains or might reveal a trade secret referred to in section 1905 of Title 18 of the United States Code, or other information that is confidential pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, shall be considered confidential, except that such information may be disclosed to other officers or employees of the CRD and may be introduced as evidence in any hearing conducted pursuant to section 11140 of this Chapter. The hearing officer or the director shall issue such orders as may be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of such information.