(1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt and enforce rules governing the custody, use and preservation of the records, papers, files and communications of the department in accordance with applicable privacy laws. The use of the records, papers, files and communications is limited to the purposes for which they are furnished and by the provisions of the law under which they may be furnished. (2) The records, papers, files and communications of the department may be maintained in a single or combined data system accessible to the department and to the Oregon Health Authority for the administration of programs and the coordination of functions shared by the department and the authority. [Amended by 1953 c.500 12; 1971 c.779 16; 2005 c.381 8; 2011 c.720 99]
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