460 IAC 17-7-16 Access to agency records

Sec. 16. (a) Representatives of the office shall have access to records of a state or local government agency that are relevant to a complaint or investigation, except as prohibited by state or federal law or regulation. For purposes of this section, the term "relevant records" refers to those records that address the subject matter of a complaint, or investigation, or that pertain to a long term care facility that is involved in a complaint, or that is the subject of an investigation. (b) If the records pertain to a particular resident, the representative of the office shall obtain consent to access the records in accordance with state law.