Section 3640 - Parole Field Files(a) For the purpose of this section, a parole field file means a file maintained by a parole unit office containing information about a supervised person and their current parole.(b) Except by means of valid authorization, subpoena, or court order, no supervised person or their attorney or the attorney's designee shall have access to another supervised person's field file or component thereof.(c) Supervised persons may review their own field file, subject to applicable federal and state law. This review shall be conducted in the presence of staff. The supervised person will not be provided access to a computer to view any of their electronic records, if applicable, but instead will have a printed copy made available.(d) No supervised person or their attorney or the attorney's designee shall access information designated confidential pursuant to section 3321 which is in or from the supervised person's field file.(e) An attorney or the attorney's designee, hired to or appointed to represent a supervised person in the parole revocation process may review a supervised person's field file, subject to applicable federal and state law. A supervised person's attorney or the attorney's designee is not required to obtain authorization from the supervised person before reviewing the supervised person's field file, though authorization may be provided. This review shall be conducted in the presence of staff. The attorney or the attorney's designee will not be provided access to a computer to view any of the supervised person's electronic records, if applicable, but instead will have a printed copy made available.(f) No parole field file or component thereof shall be released to any agency or person outside the department, except for private attorneys hired to represent the department, the Office of the Attorney General, the Board of Parole Hearings, the Inspector General, and as provided by applicable federal and state law. Any outside person or entity that receives person field files is subject to all legal and departmental standards for the integrity and confidentiality of those documents.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 3640
Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 2081.5, 5054 and 6126.5, Penal Code; Sections 56.10, 1798.24 and 1798.40, Civil Code; and Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Sections 164.512 and 164.524.
Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 2081.5, 5054 and 6126.5, Penal Code; Sections 56.10, 1798.24 and 1798.40, Civil Code; and Code of Federal Regulations, Title 45, Sections 164.512 and 164.524.
1. New article 12 (section 3640) and section filed 6-17-2009; operative 7-17-2009 (Register 2009, No. 25).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending article heading, section heading and section filed 7-1-2024 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2024, No. 27).