SECTION 379.2017. Maintaining Control over Program Participant Files

A center must develop maintain, and comply with written procedures that:

(1) outline the responsibilities of the custodian of the records, designated by the center's executive director, for maintaining control over the program participant records, including the court's access to the records;

(2) require program participant records to be kept secure and not be removed from the center's premises without the written permission of the custodian of the records;

(3) provide for the safekeeping of program participant records in the event of the center's closure; and

(4) allow a program participant to access her or his records in the event of the center's closure.

Source Note: The provisions of this §379.2017 adopted to be effective December 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 9335; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 4309