Section 111.13.1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

“Agency” in these rules means the department for the blind.

“Authorization for release of information” means the form prescribed by the agency for the purpose of authorizing the release of a confidential record, signed and dated by the person empowered to release the information.

“Case record” means the file of personally identifiable or confidential information on a client, collected pursuant to the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

“Client” means an individual who is applying for or who has applied for, or who is receiving or has received, benefits or services under any agency program.

“Confidential record” in these rules means a record which is not available as a matter of right for examination and copying by members of the public under applicable provisions of law. Confidential records include records or information contained in records that the agency is prohibited by law from making available for examination by members of the public, and records or information contained in records that are specified as confidential by Iowa Code section 22.7, or other provision of law, but that may be disclosed upon order of a court, the lawful custodian of the record, or by another person duly authorized to release the record. Mere inclusion in a record of information declared confidential by an applicable provision of law does not necessarily make that entire record a confidential record.

“Custodian” in these rules means the agency, or a person lawfully delegated authority by the agency to act for the agency in implementing Iowa Code chapter 22.

“Open record” in these rules means a record other than a confidential record.

“Personally identifiable information” in these rules means information about or pertaining to an individual in a record which identifies the individual and which is contained in a record system.

“Record” in these rules means the whole or part of a “public record,” as defined in Iowa Code section 22.1, that is owned by or in the physical possession of this agency.

“Record system” in these rules means any group of records under the control of the agency from which a record may be retrieved by a personal identifier such as the name of an individual, number, symbol, or other unique retriever assigned to an individual.