- (1) In accordance with Section 26B-7-217, records containing personal identifiers and information regarding communicable disease are confidential. Such information shall not be disclosed to any person, including DHHS personnel, who does not have a valid and objective need to know. Such persons who may have a valid and objective need to know may include Child and Family Services administrators, program administrators, supervisors, and caseworkers, the foster parent or provider, the Office, the Guardian ad Litem, the juvenile court judge, and persons providing psychological or medical treatment.
- (2) Due to the GRAMA and state confidentiality laws, any documentation in the case record regarding HIV status or any other communicable disease information must be filed under the "Medical/Assessment" section of the case record.
KEY: child welfare, foster care
Date of Last Change: August 15, 2023
Notice of Continuation: August 19, 2021
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-7-202; 26B-7-214; 26B-7-217; 63G-2; 80-2-301; 80-2-302