PURPOSE: This rule establishes the procedures for release of information and confidentiality of applicants and/or eligible individuals for the State Board of Education SECONDARY EDUCATION

through the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and the Code of Federal Regulations.

1. (1) Information about an applicant or eligible individual will not be released without the individual’s written permission except in the following situations when it directly relates to the applicant or eligible individual’s rehabilitation program and is necessary to provide services:

   1. (A) Name, addresses, Social Security number, phone numbers, educational/work histories and income information to other state agencies that the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) has a cooperative agreement with including but not limited to Departments of Economic Development, Elementary and Secondary Education, Higher Education, Labor and Industrial Relations, Mental Health, Social Services and Workforce Development; and/or
   2. (B) Information about an applicant or eligible individual to Community Rehabilitation Programs; and/or
   3. (C) Information about an applicant or eligible individual to medical care service providers; and/or
   4. (D) As authorized in the federal act and/or applicable regulations.
2. (2) An applicant or eligible individual’s refusal to release information may affect eligibility or result in denial of services.
3. (3) Information from an individual’s file must be requested in writing. Upon the determination that information is harmful to the individual, information will not be released to the individual, but will be released to court appointed representatives or a third party chosen by the individual including an advocate, individual’s adult family member, qualified medical or mental health professional.
4. (4) An applicant or eligible individual who believes that information in the individual’s record of services is inaccurate or misleading may request in writing that DVR amend the information. If the information is not amended, the request for the amendment must be documented in the record of services.

AUTHORITY: sections 161.092, 178.600, 178.610 and 178.620, RSMo 1994.* Original rule filed Dec. 17, 1999, effective Aug. 30, 2000. *Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973; 178.600, RSMo 1963; 178.610, RSMo 1963; and 178.620, RSMo 1963.