10A NCAC 97B .0302      CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

(a)  Private grant recipients must develop and maintain procedures to ensure that no information about any person is disclosed by the grant recipient in a form that identifies the person without the informed consent of the person.  The only exception to this requirement is if disclosure is required by court order or for program monitoring by the Office, authorized federal, state, or local monitoring agencies.

(b)  Grant recipients shall ensure that no person is denied services if such person refuses to provide informed consent to release personal information to other agencies.  The grant recipient may deny services to an individual applicant if the applicant refuses to provide information needed to determine eligibility for services.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 132; 143B‑10; 143B‑276; 143B‑277; 143‑323(d);

Eff. December 1, 1983;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. April 25, 2015.