R20-5-208. Confidentiality of an Administrative Hearing File; Reproduction and Inspection of an Administrative Hearing File

A. Except as provided in this Section, an administrative hearing file maintained by the Commission is private and confidential and the Commission shall not make the administrative hearing file available for inspection and copying. For purposes of this Section, “administrative hearing file” means the official record maintained by the Commission for a hearing arising under this Article including all pleadings, evidence submitted by the parties and other reports, records, instruments, videotapes, audiotapes, transcripts, and other matters scanned or otherwise placed into the file. B. Except as provided in subsection (D), the Commission shall make an administrative hearing file relating to a current or prior claim of a claimant available for inspection and copying by any party to any proceeding currently or previously before the Commission involving the same claimant. C. Except as provided in subsection (D), the Commission shall not make an administrative hearing file available to a non-party for inspection and copying unless the Commission receives a court order or written authorization signed by the affected claimant or the affected claimant’s authorized representative. D. The Commission shall make a transcript contained in an administrative hearing file available for inspection and copying if the party requesting to inspect the transcript is a person authorized under subsections (B) or (C) and agrees to pay the costs of producing a written transcript if one has not previously been transcribed unless the request is part of request for review under A.R.S. § 23-943.