32 Miss. Code. R. 10-3-3.0

Current through December 10, 2024

Section 32-10-3-3.0 - Confidentiality

OVR/OVRB/OBD hereby expresses the following written policies to safeguard the confidentiality of all personal information. These policies ensure that:

1. Specific safeguards are established to protect current and stored personal information;

2. All applicants and eligible individuals and, as appropriate, those individuals' representatives, service providers, cooperating agencies, and interested persons are informed through appropriate modes of communication of the confidentiality of personal information and the conditions for accessing and releasing this information;

3. All applicants or their representatives are informed about OVR/OVRB/OBD's need to collect personal information and the policies governing its use, including:

* Identification of the authority under which information is collected;

* Explanation of the principal purposes for which OVR/OVRB/OBD intends to use or release the information;

* Explanation of whether providing requested information to MDRS is mandatory or voluntary and the effects of not providing requested information;

* Identification of those situations in which MDRS requires or does not require informed written consent of the individual before information may be released; and

* Identification of other agencies to which information is routinely released.

4. An explanation of state policies affecting personal information will be provided to each individual in that individual's native language or through the appropriate mode of communication.

32 Miss. Code. R. 10-3-3.0

Adopted 8/1/2022