{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-2-34","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 37-2-34","heading":"Ombudsman and other office personnel deemed members of department work force for certain purposes.","body":"The ombudsman and persons employed by or acting as agents of the ombudsman shall be deemed members of the work force of the department solely for the purposes of:\n(1) Allowing the department to disclose confidential clinical records and protected health information to the ombudsman as provided for in Code Section 37-2-36;\n(2) Protecting confidential clinical records and protected health information from further disclosure through or by the ombudsman and the office of the ombudsman; and\n(3) Ensuring the department’s compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-191, and the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information promulgated pursuant thereto.","path":["TITLE 37 Mental Health","CHAPTER 2 Administration of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Addictive Diseases, and Other Disability Services","Article 2 Administration of Mental Disability Services","PART 1 Office of Disability Services Ombudsman"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.37.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"04c2520480799982722296f722772e4aba9f80276c86dd1095d614e237bf35a2","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-2-33","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-37-2-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}