877—33.11(84H) Personally identifiable information. This rule describes the nature and extent of the personally identifiable information collected, maintained, and retrieved by the division by personal identifier in record systems as defined herein. The record systems maintained by the division include the following:
	33.11(1) Personnel records. Personnel records contain information relating to initial application, job performance and evaluation, reprimands, grievances, notes from and reports of investigations of allegations related to improper employee behavior, and reports of hearings and outcomes of reprimands and grievances.
	33.11(2) Job candidate case records. An individual file is maintained for each person who has been referred to or has applied for the services of the division, as described in rule 877—33.10(84H). The file contains a variety of personal information about the job candidate, which is used in the establishment of eligibility and the provision of agency services. All information is personally identifiable and is confidential.
	33.11(3) Job candidate service record computer database. The job candidate service record computer database contains personal data items about individual job candidates. Data identifying a job candidate is confidential. Data in the aggregate is not personally identifiable and thus is not confidential.
	33.11(4) Vendor purchase records. Vendor purchase records are records of purchases of goods or services made for the benefit of job candidates. If a record contains the job candidate’s name or other personal identifiers, the record is confidential. Lists of non-job candidate vendors, services purchased, and the costs of those services are not confidential when retrieved from a data processing system without personally identifiable information.
	33.11(5) Records and transcripts of hearings or client appeals. Records and transcripts of hearings or client appeals contain personally identifiable information about a client’s case, appeal from or for some action, and the decision that has been rendered. The personally identifiable information is confidential. Some of the information is maintained in an index provided for in Iowa Code section 17A.3(1)“d.” Information is available after confidential personally identifiable information is deleted.
	33.11(6) All computer databases of client and applicant names and other identifiers. The data processing system contains client status records organized by a variety of personal identifiers. These records are confidential as long as any personally identifiable information is present.
	33.11(7) All computer-generated reports that contain personally identifiable information. The division may choose to draw or generate from a data processing system reports that contain information or an identifier that would allow the identification of an individual client or clients. This material is for internal division use only and is confidential.
	33.11(8) Personally identifiable information and acceptance of federal requirements. Pursuant to Iowa Code section 84H.1, the state of Iowa accepts the social security system rules for the disability determination program of the division. Failure to follow the provisions of the Act can result in the loss of federal funds. All personally identifiable information is confidential and may be released only with informed written consent, except as permitted by federal law. Any contrary provision in Iowa Code chapter 22 must be waived in order for the state to receive federal funds, services, and essential information for the administration of vocational rehabilitation services.
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