As used in this chapter:
"Agency " in these rules means the department
for the blind.
"Authorization for release of information "
means the form prescribed by the agency for the purpose of authorizing the
release of a confidential record, signed and dated by the person empowered to
release the information.
"Case record" means the file of personally
identifiable or confidential information on a client, collected pursuant to the
provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
"Client" means an individual who is applying
for or who has applied for, or who is receiving or has received, benefits or
services under any agency program.
"Confidential record" in these rules means a
record which is notavailable as a matter of right for examination and copying
by members of the public under applicable provisions of law. Confidential
records include records or information contained in records that the agency is
prohibited by law from making available for examination by members of the
public, and records or information contained in records that are specified as
confidential by Iowa Code section
22.7, or other
provision of law, but that may be disclosed upon order of a court, the lawful
custodian of the record, or by another person duly authorized to release the
record. Mere inclusion in a record of information declared confidential by an
applicable provision of law does not necessarily make that entire record a
confidential record.
"Custodian " in these rules means the agency,
or a person lawfully delegated authority by the agency to act for the agency in
implementing Iowa Code chapter 22.
"Open record" in these rules means a record
other than a confidential record.
"Personally identifiable information " in
these rules means information about or pertaining to an individual in a record
which identifies the individual and which is contained in a record
system.
"Record" in these rules means the whole or
part of a "public record," as defined in Iowa Code section
22.1, that is owned
by or in the physical possession of this agency.
"Record system " in these rules means any
group of records under the control of the agency from which a record may be
retrieved by a personal identifier such as the name of an individual, number,
symbol, or otherunique retriever assigned to an individual.
