(a) The Board of Health may prescribe appropriate records to be kept and maintained regarding each resident received by a licensee, and may require reports, upon forms furnished or approved by the Board, setting forth facts or circumstances relating to the care of adults received by the licensee.
(b) The Commissioner of Health or his agent, or the Ombudsman may examine the books, records and reports of a home which are required to be maintained by this chapter and/or rules promulgated by the Board. Reasonable facilities shall be provided by the licensee for the thorough examination and copying of the books, records and reports of the home.
(c) All records of the residents of a home which are required to be kept by the home under the rules adopted under this chapter shall be confidential and properly safeguarded. The records and information shall be open to inspection only by the Commissioner, his agents, another department or agency of the City or the State acting at the request of the Commissioner, the Ombudsman, parties to a contested case or on the order of a court of a competent jurisdiction. The records of a resident which are required to be kept by the home under the rules adopted under this chapter shall be open to inspection by the resident, unless medically contraindicated, or the guardian of a resident.
(d) Records of inspections under Section 1737.03 and information concerning the status of licensure of a home shall be furnished to any person, upon request, by the Health Department.
(Ord. 735-89. Passed 8-1-89.)