(a)
- (1) With the exception of certain files in Status 00, Arkansas Rehabilitation Services will retain all records of services for a period of seven (7) years.
- (2) See 34 C.F.R. § 80.42, Arkansas Code § 25-18-601, and the current Arkansas General Records Retention Schedule, 25 CAR pt. 60.
- (b) The seven-year retention period will commence upon case closure, defined as files assigned Statuses 08, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 39, 73, and 74.
- (c) Files associated with closed cases will be destroyed after the seven-year period.
- (d) Files in Status 00 (new referrals) may be destroyed if the case does not progress beyond the referral stage by the end of one hundred eighty (180) days from the time the file was opened.