Arizona Administrative Code › Title 21 - CHILD SAFETY › Chapter 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY - ADMINISTRATION › Article 1 - RELEASE OF DEPARTMENT INFORMATION › Section R21-1-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The definitions contained in A.R.S. §§
									8-101,
				  8-201,
				  8-531,
				  8-801,
				  8-807,
				  8-807.01,
				  and the following definitions apply in this Article:
1. "Abandonment" has the same meaning as
				"abandoned" in A.R.S. §
									8-201.
2. "Abuse" means the same as in A.R.S. §
									8-201.
3. "CASA" or "Court Appointed Special
				Advocate" means a person appointed under A.R.S. §
									8-522.
4. "Centralized Intake Hotline" or "the
				Hotline," means the entity described in A.R.S. §
									8-455.
5. "Child" means a person less than 18 years
				of age.
6. "Completed request"
				means a fully completed DCS form or a written communication submitted to DCS
				requesting DCS Information and providing all the information necessary, as
				determined by the Department, to process the request. The requester shall have
				the request notarized or signed by a Department employee to confirm the
				identity of the requester.
7.
				"Copying fee" means the final amount a requester is required to pay to the
				Department before the Department releases the requested DCS
				Information.
8. "DCS Information"
				means the same as in A.R.S. §
									8-807
				and includes information contained in a hard copy or electronic case record,
				and both oral and written information.
9. "Department" or "DCS" means the Arizona
				Department of Child Safety.
10.
				"Estimated copying fee" means the projected total amount of a copying fee. A
				requester is required to pay the estimated copying fee to the Department before
				the Department redacts and copies the requested DCS Information.
11. "FCRB" means the Foster Care Review Board
				established under A.R.S. §
									8-515.01.
12. "Incoming communication" means a
				telephonic, written, or in-person contact to the Department that is received by
				or ultimately directed to the Centralized Intake Hotline.
13. "Neglect" means the same as in A.R.S.
				§
									8-201.
14. "Person that provides oversight" means
				those individuals, entities, or bodies authorized by A.R.S. §
									8-807
				to have access to DCS Information that is reasonably necessary for the person
				to provide oversight of the Department.
15. "Person who is the subject of DCS
				Information" means a parent, guardian, custodian, adult household member,
				child, or other person identified in a DCS report.
16. "Personally identifiable information"
				means information that specifically identifies a protected individual and
				includes:
a. Name;
b. Date of Birth;
c. Street address;
d. Telephone, fax number, or email
				address;
e. Photograph;
f. Fingerprints;
g. Physical description;
h. Place, address, and telephone number of
				employment;
i. Social security
				number;
j. Tribal affiliation and
				identification number;
k. Driver's
				license number;
l. Auto license
				number;
m. Any other identifier
				that is specific to an individual; and
n. Any other information that would permit
				another person to readily identify the subject of the DCS
				Information.