1. (a) The department, including the variance review committee appointed under 7 AAC 10.935, will limit the use of information gathered during the background check process under 7 AAC 10.900 - 7 AAC 10.990 as stated in this section.
2. (b) The department will not disclose information obtained by a representative, agent, volunteer, or employee of the department in the course of discharging the background check process under 7 AAC 10.900 - 7 AAC 10.990, or in the course of discharging the responsibilities of the variance review committee, to anyone outside the department, except as authorized by state or federal law governing the program or program review or audit to which the information relates.
3. (c) Unless otherwise authorized by law, the department will not use or disclose protected health information except as required or permitted by 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records), 45 C.F.R. Part 160, Subpart C (Compliance and Investigations), and 45 C.F.R. Part 164, Subpart E (Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information), each as revised as of October 1, 2016, and adopted by reference.

(Eff. 6/29/2017, Register 222)

Authority: AS 47.05.300, AS 47.05.330, AS 47.32.030, AS 47.05.310, AS 47.05.340, AS 47.05.320, AS 47.32.010