Pierce County DOCUMENTATION
Client Request to Amend Record
POLICY
It is the policy of Pierce County Department of Human Services to honor a client’s right to request an amendment to their written case record, if they believe the case record contains incomplete or inaccurate information. The Department will review requests in a timely manner. The Department will notify a client of the decision and, if a request has been denied, the client will be allowed to place a statement of disagreement in the case record.
The Department’s authority to amend records only pertains to documentation created by the Department.