North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 05 - AGING - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter J - CONFIDENTIALITY OF CLIENT DATA
Section .0200 - REQUIREMENTS
Section 05J .0205 - SECURITY OF RECORDS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The agency shall provide a secure place with controlled access for the storage of client records or reports, or both, which contain client specific information.
(b) Only employees, students, volunteers or other individuals who must access client information in order to carry out duties assigned or approved by the agency shall be authorized to have access to such information.
(c) Only authorized individuals may remove a record or report, or both, from the storage area and that individual shall be responsible for the security of the record until it is returned to the storage area.
(d) The agency shall be allowed to destroy records in accordance with Record Retention Schedules promulgated by the Division of Archives and History, and state and federal statutes and regulations.
(e) Area Agencies on Aging and service providers shall establish written procedures to prevent accidental disclosure of client information from automated data processing systems.
Authority
G.S.
143B-181.1(c);
143B-181.10;
Eff.
December 1, 1991;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. May 23,
2015.
