WAC 137-150-030   Notification.  The department shall notify individuals under its jurisdiction of the provisions of RCW 71.34.225 and 71.05.445 in the following manner:

     (1) Individuals entering the DOC system on or after the effective date of this rule, will receive written notification of the right of the department to access mental health records upon intake into the DOC system.

     (2) Individuals under the jurisdiction of the department in a prison setting on the effective date of this rule will receive notification of the right of the department to access mental health records via a posting on the facility bulletin board consistent with written agency policy and procedures.

     (3) All other individuals currently under active supervision of the department on the effective date of this rule will receive written notification of the department's right to access their mental health records in the form of a mailing to their address.



[01-17-004, § 137-150-030, filed 8/1/01, effective 9/1/01.]


NOTES:

     Reviser's note:  Under RCW RCW 34.05.030 (1)(c), as amended by section 103, chapter 288, Laws of 1988, the above section was not adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW, but was published in the Washington State Register and codified into the Washington Administrative Code exactly as shown by the agency filing with history notes added by the code reviser's office.