- (a) If requested in writing by the client or the client’s representative, and supported by a written agreement between Arkansas Rehabilitation Services and the third-party agency, Arkansas Rehabilitation Services may release personal information to another agency or organization.
(b) Information released to a third-party agency:
- (1) Must be used for that agency’s program purposes and necessary for those purposes; and
- (2) May only be released to the extent the information could have been disclosed to the client or the client’s representative.
(c) Medical or psychological information that Arkansas Rehabilitation Services determines may be harmful to the client may be released if the other agency or organization provides assurances that the information will:
- (1) Be used only for the purpose for which it is being provided; and
- (2) Not be further released to the individual.
- (d) However, Arkansas Rehabilitation Services must release personal information if required by federal law or regulations.
- (e) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services may also release personal information to a third-party agency in order to protect the client or others, if the client poses a threat to his or her safety or to the safety of others.