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TITLE 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 356 - FAMILY VIOLENCE PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER D - NONRESIDENTIAL CENTERS
SECTION/RULE §356.2017 - Maintaining Control over Program Participant Files
Chapter Review Date 06/21/2024

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 §356.2017 adopted to be effective December 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 9335; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 4309; transferred effective April 1, 2024, as published in the March 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 1507.

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