Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73not60

§1908 Registry

Title 29 › Chapter 21— HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTHS AND ADULTS WHO ARE DEAF-BLIND › § 1908

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Center may set up and keep lists of people who are deaf-blind at each of its regional field offices to help provide services. No one who is deaf-blind can be forced to give information for these lists. The Center and its network cannot share registry information with people or groups outside the Center unless the person gives written permission. Section 552a of title 5 (the Privacy Act of 1974) applies to the personal information in these registries. If a person asks, the Center must remove all of that person’s information from any registry.

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Title 29, §1908

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(a)To assist the Center in providing services to individuals who are deaf-blind, the Center may establish and maintain registries of such individuals in each of the regional field offices of the network of the Center.

(b)No individual who is deaf-blind may be required to provide information to the Center for any purpose with respect to a registry established under subsection (a).

(c)The Center (including the network of the Center) may not disclose information contained in a registry established under subsection (a) to any individual or organization that is not affiliated with the Center, unless the individual to whom the information relates provides specific written authorization for the Center to disclose the information.

(d)The requirements of section 552a of title 5 (commonly known as the “Privacy Act of 1974”) shall apply to personally identifiable information contained in the registries established by the Center under subsection (a), in the same manner and to the same extent as such requirements apply to a record of an agency.

(e)On the request of an individual, the Center shall remove all information relating to the individual from any registry established under subsection (a).

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 1908

Title 29 — Labor

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60