§ 3761. Personal Information, Access.

(a) Unless otherwise exempted by law, every person or his or her designated representative upon reasonable notice, identification and payment of copy fees shall have the following rights to inspect Bureau records containing personal information about himself or herself:

(1) To know if the BREA maintains any record about him or her;

(2) To inspect and to obtain a readable copy of such record if it exists;

(3) To request correction or amendment of such record if it is inaccurate or incomplete;

(4) To know if such record has been disclosed to any other person or agency, and the times and conditions of such disclosure;

(5) To be heard by the Chief if any of these rights are abridged or denied;

(6) If the Chief denies a request for correction or amendment of a personal record, to receive a concise statement of the reasons for the Chief's denial, and to file a statement of reasonable length setting forth the reasons for the disagreement; and to have copies of such reasons and statement of disagreement made available by BREA to any persons or agency to whom the disputed record has been or is disclosed.

(b) All personal records about persons regulated by the Bureau are maintained at its office. Requests for access to such records should be addressed as follows:

BUREAU OF REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS

1102 Q STREET, SUITE 4100

SACRAMENTO, CA 95814

[phone]

(c) The rights specified in (a)(1) through (6) are not exclusive, and do not foreclose rights which may be available under other provisions of law.

(d) Inquiries relating to whether or not licenses are current and in good standing are excluded from the requirement contained in (a)(4) above.

HISTORY

1. Renumbering of former article 14 to new article 15, new article 14 (section 3761), and renumbering and amendment of former section 3558 to new section 3761 filed 11-1-96; operative 11-1-96 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 44). For prior history, see Register 94, No. 26.

2. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 6-15-2000; operative 7-15-2000 (Register 2000, No. 24).

3. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 8-8-2006; operative 9-7-2006 (Register 2006, No. 32).

4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)-(a)(1) and (a)(5)-(b) filed 2-11-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 7).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11313 and 11314, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 1798.30, Civil Code.