§ 10-110. Confidentiality of records and reports
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 43A. Mental Health
43A Okl.St.Ann. § 10-110
§ 10-110. Confidentiality of records and reports
A. The reports, records, and working papers used or developed in an investigation of the circumstances of a vulnerable adult pursuant to the provisions of the Protective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act are confidential and may be disclosed only pursuant to rules promulgated by the Commission for Human Services, by order of the court or as otherwise provided by this section or Section 10-110.1 of this title.
7. Any public or private agency or person authorized by the Department to supervise or provide other services to a vulnerable adult who is the subject of a report or record of vulnerable adult abuse or neglect; provided, the Department may limit such disclosure to summaries or to information directly necessary for the purpose of such disclosure; and
b. the person or agency conducting the research ensures that all documents containing identifying information are maintained in secure locations and access to such documents by unauthorized persons is prohibited; that no identifying information is included in documents generated from the research conducted; and that all identifying information is deleted from documents used in the research when the research is completed.
D. Records and their contents disclosed pursuant to this section shall remain confidential. The use of such information shall be limited to the purposes for which disclosure is authorized. It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to furnish any record or disclose any information contained therein for any unauthorized purpose.
1. If the Department is currently or was previously appointed as temporary guardian of the alleged victim of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or financial neglect, any petition or motion requesting expungement of the investigative records of the Department shall be filed under the same case number.
Credits
Laws 1977, c. 264, § 10, eff. June 17, 1977; Laws 1984, c. 256, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Renumbered from Title 43A, § 810 by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Laws 1997, c. 195, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 298, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 78, § 5, emerg. eff. April 13, 1999; Laws 2010, c. 474, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 1, § 15, emerg. eff. March 18, 2011.
43A Okl. St. Ann. § 10-110, OK ST T. 43A § 10-110
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 90 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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