Ariz. Admin. Code § R20-5-108 - Confidentiality of a Commission Claims File; Reproduction and Inspection of a Commission Claims File
A. Except as
provided in this Section, a claims file maintained by the Commission is private
and confidential and the Commission shall not make the claims file available
for inspection and copying. For purposes of this Section, "claims file" means
the official record maintained by the Commission for a claimant's industrial
injury including the worker's report of injury, employer's report of injury,
worker and physician's report of injury, and all other reports, records,
instruments, videotapes, audiotapes, transcripts, and other matters scanned or
otherwise placed into the file.
B.
Except as provided in subsections (D) and (E), the Commission shall make a
Commission claims file relating to a current or prior claim of a claimant
available for inspection and copying by any party to any proceeding currently
or previously before the Commission involving the same claimant.
C. Except as provided in subsections (D) and
(E), the Commission shall not make a Commission claims file available to a
non-party for inspection and copying unless the Commission receives a court
order or written authorization signed by the affected claimant or the affected
claimant's authorized representative.
D. The Commission shall make a transcript
contained in a Commission claims file available for inspection and copying if:
1. The person requesting to inspect and copy
the transcript is a person authorized under subsections (B) or (C);
and
2. The transcript concerns a
hearing related to a claim that is not in litigation.
E. The Commission shall make a transcript
contained in a Commission claims file available only for inspection if:
1. The person requesting to inspect and copy
the transcript is a person authorized under subsections (B) or (C);
and
2. The transcript concerns a
hearing related to a claim currently in litigation.
F. The Commission shall provide copies at a
charge of $.25 per page.
G. A
Commission claims file shall not be removed from a Commission office unless in
the custody of an authorized representative of the Commission.
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