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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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6. Department of Education |
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6A. State Board of Education |
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6A-25. Vocational Rehabilitation |
1(1) Request for Case Record Amendment.
7(a) The division shall accept additional information for inclusion in the case record to the extent it determines such information to be material to providing or not providing rehabilitation services to the applicant or individual.
42(b) Any such additional information shall be identified as p52rod53uced by the applicant or individual.
59(c) The division shall not alter the existing case record in any other way.
73(2) Information that may be harmful to the applicant or individual may not be released directly to him or her, but instead must be provided through a designated representative, physician or a licensed psychologist. HIV/AIDS tests and any related information shall not be released unless release is specifically requested by the applicant/individual or his or her guardian (if the individual is incompetent). The release of HIV/AIDS information to the applicant or individual or the applicant’s or individual’s guardian must be made in a face-to-face meeting during which the division is prepared to offer counseling to the applicant or individual (and guardian, if appropriate) regarding such information. All references to HIV/AIDS information in case file documents must be stricken unless the foregoing conditions are met. HIV information shall not be released without the individual's written consent except to a medical provider who will be performing services that would put such provider at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS from the individual.
231(3) Upon the written request of the applicant or individual, the division may release the same information to third parties that it could release to the applicant or individual or the applicant’s or individual’s representative. HIV/AIDS information shall not be released unless such release is specifically requested in writing by the applicant or individual or the applicant’s or individual’s representative.
291(4) The division may destroy an individual’s closed case records in accordance with the Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services Schedule GS1-SL.
316Rulemaking Authority 318413.22, 3191001.02 FS. 321Law Implemented 323413.24, 324413.28, 325413.30, 326413.341 FS. 328History–New 5-14-12.
