OAR 414-600-0120: Confidentiality of Child and Family Data

(1) All personal information maintained by a Relief Nursery relating to a child or family served by the Relief Nursery in one or more locations and in various forms, reports or documents, or stored or transmitted by electronic media shall be treated as confidential. (2) A Relief Nursery must obtain a completed and signed authorization for release of information from the parent or guardian of the child served by the Relief Nursery before obtaining or using protected information about the child from a third party or disclosing protected information about the child to a third party. (3) Any use or disclosure must be consistent with the purposes for which the parent or guardian authorized use or disclosure by the Relief Nursery. (4) Anonymous aggregated data may be shared among the Department, Regional Early Learning Hubs and Relief Nurseries to effectively serve children and families in the Early Learning Hub region.