Section 355IAC4-4-2. Record inspection; availability

   (a) All required records and information shall, upon written or oral request, be made available for inspection and copying by the state chemist or his authorized agent. The person requesting the records must present his or her credentials prior to the release of records.

  (b) No government agency shall release information obtained under this rule that would directly or indirectly reveal the identity of producers of commodities to which restricted use pesticides have been applied. However, information collected by the state chemist during the course of a complaint or damage investigation shall not be subject to this restriction on release.

  (c) When a licensed health care professional determines that information required to be maintained as part of these records is necessary to provide medical treatment to an individual who may have been exposed to the pesticide, the state chemist or the private or commercial applicator shall provide the requested information.

  (d) As used in this rule, "licensed health care professional" means a physician, nurse, emergency medical technician, or other qualified individual licensed by a state to provide medical treatment.

  (e) No licensed health care professional shall release any record or information from any record obtained under subsection (c) except as necessary to provide medical treatment to an individual who may have been exposed to the restricted use pesticide for which the record is maintained. (State Chemist of the State of Indiana; Pesticide Use & Application Reg 4,Sec 2; filed Aug 3, 1976, 4:10 p.m.: Rules and Regs. 1977, p. 445; filed Nov 3, 1993, 9:00 a.m.: 17 IR 340; readopted filed Nov 21, 2001, 10:17 a.m.: 25 IR 1269; readopted filed Sep 20, 2007, 1:46 p.m.: 20071010-IR-355070484RFA; readopted filed Sep 25, 2013, 11:08 a.m.: 20131023-IR-355130361RFA)