Requesting Access To Public Records

(1) Public records requests shall be made to the PRRC in order to ensure public records requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and fulfilled in a timely manner. Any employee of TDMHSAS who receives what they believe may be a public records request, formal or informal, shall immediately notify the PRRC. (2) Requests for inspection are not required to be made in writing. The PRRC shall request a mailing or email address from the requestor for providing any written communication required under the TPRA. (3) Requests for inspection may be made orally or in writing using the Public Records Request Form at Andrew Jackson Building, 6th Floor, 500 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN 37243, by phone at 615-532-6500, or by email at oc.tdmhsas@tn.gov. (4) Requests for copies, or requests for inspection and copies, of public records shall be made in writing. Requestors may use the Public Records Request Form found in Rule 0940-01-10-.01 or any other written form of communication such as mail or electronic mail. (5) Proof of Tennessee citizenship by presentation of a valid Tennessee driver’s license, or alternative acceptable form of identification, may be required as a condition to inspect or receive copies of public records. PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS CHAPTER 0940-01-10