(a) Every personal information system officer shall, upon the request of any properly identified person:
(1) Inform the person of the existence of any personal information in the system of which he is the subject;
(2) Except as provided in subsection (c) hereof, permit the person, his legal guardian, or an attorney who presents a signed written authorization made by the person, to inspect all personal information in the system of which he is the subject; and
(3) Inform the person about the types of uses made of any such personal information, including the identity of any users usually granted access to the system.
(b) Any person who wishes to exercise a right provided for by this section may be accompanied by another individual of his choice.
(c) Every personal information system officer, upon request, shall disclose medical, psychiatric or psychological information to a person who is the subject of the information or to his legal guardian unless a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist determines for the agency that the disclosure of the information is likely to have an adverse effect on the person in which case the information shall be released to a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist designated by the person or by his legal guardian.
(d) Upon the payment of a fee of 25¢ per page, the personal information system officer shall supply a copy of personal information regarding a particular individual to any person who would be entitled to inspect the information pursuant to this section.
(e) This section does not provide a person who is the subject of personal information maintained in a personal information system, his or her legal guardian or an attorney authorized by the person, with a right to inspect or have copied, or require an agency that maintains a personal information system to permit the inspection of or to copy, a confidential law enforcement investigatory record or trial preparation record.
(Ord. 2011-35. Passed 7-11-11.)