Requests for child abuse information shall include sufficient
information to demonstrate that the requesting party has authorized access to
the information.
(1)
Written
requests. Requests for child abuse information shall be submitted on a
Request for Child Abuse Information form to the county office of the
department, except requests made for the purpose of determining employability
of a person in a department-operated facility shall be submitted to the central
abuse registry. Subjects of a report may submit a request for child abuse
information to the county office of the department on a request for child abuse
information form, a notice of child abuse assessment: founded form, a notice of
child abuse assessment: confirmed not registered form, a notice of child abuse
assessment: not confirmed form, or a family assessment report form. The county
office is granted permission to release child abuse information to the subject
of a report immediately upon verification of the identity and subject
status.
(2)
Oral
requests. Oral requests for child abuse information may be made when a
person making the request believes that the information is needed immediately
and if the person is authorized to access the information. When an oral request
to obtain child abuse information is granted, the person approving the request
shall document the approval to the central abuse registry through use of a
request for child abuse information form or a notice of
child abuse assessment:
founded form.
Upon approval of any request for child abuse information
authorized by this rule, the department shall withhold the name of the person
who made the report of child abuse unless ordered by a juvenile court or
district court after a finding that the person's name is needed to resolve an
issue in any phase of a case involving child abuse. Written requests and oral
requests do not apply to child abuse information that is disseminated to an
employee of the department, to a juvenile court, or to the attorney
representing the department as authorized by Iowa Code section 235A.15.
(3)
Written
authorizations. Requests for information from members of the general
public as to whether a person is named on the central abuse registry as having
abused a child shall be submitted on an Authorization for release of child
abuse information form to the county office of the department or the central
abuse registry. The form shall be completed and signed by the person requesting
the information and the person authorizing the check for the release of child
abuse information. The department shall not provide requested information when
the authorization form is incomplete. Incomplete authorization forms shall be
returned to the requester.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code
r. 441-175.41
ARC 1156C, IAB
10/30/2013, effective 1/1/2014
