Sec. 603.4. Records access officer and records access appeals officer

(a) The records access officer (see section 603.13[f] of this Part) shall mean:

(1) With respect to records maintained by the central office of OPWDD in Albany, the public access officer, whose business address is: Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, 44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12229.

(2) With respect to records regarding OPWDD facilities or services, the chief administrative officer; or the Director of the Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO); or their designees, whose business addresses are:

Bernard Fineson DDSO

P.O. Box 280507

Queens Village, NY 11428

Brooklyn DDSO

888 Fountain Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11208

Broome DDSO

249 Glenwood Road

Binghamton, NY 13905

Capital District DDSO

Balltown and Consaul Roads

Schenectady, NY 12304

Central New York DDSO

Box 550

Rome, NY 13422

Finger Lakes DDSO

620 Westfall Road

Rochester, NY 14620

Hudson Valley DDSO

P.O. Box 470

Thiells, NY 10984

Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities

1050 Forest Hill Road

Staten Island, NY 10314

Long Island DDSO

45 Mall Drive

Commack, NY 11725

Metro New York DDSO

75 Morton Street

New York, NY 10014

Staten Island DDSO

1150 Forest Hill Road

Staten Island, NY 10314

Sunmount DDSO

2445 State Route 30

Tupper Lake, NY 12986

Taconic DDSO

26 Center Circle

Wassaic, NY 12592

Valley Ridge Center for Intensive Treatment

276 Chiarino Drive

Norwich, NY 13815

Western New York DDSO

1200 East and West Road

West Seneca, NY 14224

(b) All requests to inspect or copy records subject to disclosure as provided by this Part are to be made to the appropriate records access officer.

(c) The records access officer shall provide assistance to a requester in identifying requested records and shall ensure that a current subject matter list (see section 603.13[h] of this Part) of records is maintained. Such list shall be updated at least semiannually.

(d) The records access appeals officer shall mean the Counsel of OPWDD, whose business address is: Counsel's Office, Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, 44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12229.