(1) An
individual may request a public record verbally or in writing from the DSHS
public records officer using the following contact information:
DSHS public records officer
Office of information governance
P.O. Box 45135
Olympia WA 98504-5135
Telephone: (360) 902-8484
Fax: (360) 902-7855
Email: DSHSPublicDisclosure@dshs.wa.gov.
DSHS prefers that all public record requests be in writing
on the "request for DSHS records" form, DSHS 17-041. Individuals may locate
this form on the DSHS website at
https://www.dshs.wa.gov/office-of-the-secretary/forms
or request it from the DSHS public records officer.
(2) If an individual does not use the DSHS
form, the written public record request should include the following
information:
(a) The requester's name,
organization, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and email
address;
(b) The date of the
request;
(c) A detailed description
of the identifiable public record being requested;
(d) The email or mailing address where DSHS
should send copies of the records, or if the requester wants to inspect the
record at DSHS; and
(e) The
requester's signature.
(3) An individual may fill out a record
request at a DSHS office or send it by regular mail, email, or fax to the
public records officer.
(4)
Requests by third parties for confidential client records must be accompanied
by a valid authorization as set forth in WAC
388-01-150.
(5) DSHS may ask an individual requesting a
public record for personal identification when the law makes a record
disclosable to a specific person.
(6) DSHS may deny a "bot" request, which is
one of multiple requests from a requester within a 24 hour period, if
responding to multiple requests would cause excessive interference with other
essential DSHS functions.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code §
388-01-060
Amended by
WSR
18-05-021, Filed 2/9/2018, effective
3/12/2018
Amended by
WSR
19-02-018, Filed 12/21/2018, effective
1/21/2019
Amended by
WSR
23-19-028, Filed 9/12/2023, effective
10/13/2023
Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250 and
34.05.220. 99-15-065, §
388-01-060, filed 7/19/99, effective
8/19/99.
