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Revised -XO\ <br />EC 1: Health Maintenance (Continued): <br />•Medical records are strictly confidential. Medical records will be maintained by <br />the department, and will not be kept in the personnel records. Medical records <br />will not be released without the signed written consent of the personnel. There <br />will be no exceptions to this policy for Department Administration, Government <br />Administrators, insurance companies or any other persons. <br />•Records of participation in personnel assistance programs or critical incident <br />stress debriefing are considered medical records and kept as strictly confidential. <br />•Personnel may examine their own medical records, and may obtain one copy for <br />personal use. Abstracts of medical records without personal identifiers may be <br />made for quality assurance, compliance monitoring, or program evaluation <br />purposes, so long as the identity of individual personnel cannot be determined <br />from the abstract. <br />•Communications between medical and personnel sections will focus on fitness to <br />work or restrictions, and not on diagnoses. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 79C5D167-B6CA-4E59-B4AC-AA38CC1B20BD