SECTION 435:3-3-2. Confidentiality during investigations

  During the conduct of any investigation, the investigative staff shall take all proper and necessary action to ensure the confidentiality of investigative files, in accordance with the Oklahoma Open Records Act, 51 O.S.1991, §§ 24a.1 et seq. In particular, staff shall take all necessary action to ensure patient files obtained by the agency during an investigation shall not be disclosed to the public. The investigative staff shall emend all copies of patient records used during an investigation to delete, redact, black-out or otherwise render unreadable the name and other identification information of a patient, unless that information is pertinent to the hearing and reasonable efforts have been made by the Staff to secure the cooperation of the patient or the patient's parent or guardian.

[Source: Added at 11 Ok Reg 4159, eff 6-21-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 1215, eff 5-11-95]