29 CFR § 2400.6 - Procedures for amending personal records.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s2400.6"
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title: "29 CFR § 2400.6 - Procedures for amending personal records."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "2400.6"
section_name: "Procedures for amending personal records."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION"
part_number: "2400"
part_name: "REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE PRIVACY ACT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552a(f); 5 U.S.C. 553."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 65222, Oct. 15, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2400.6 Procedures for amending personal records.

(a) *Submission of requests for amendment.* Upon review of an individual's personal record, that individual may submit a request to amend such record. This request shall be submitted in writing to the Privacy Officer, in accordance with § 2400.4(a)(1)'s procedures, and shall include a statement of the amendment requested and the reasons for such amendment, e.g., relevance, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the record.

(b) *Action to be taken by the Privacy Officer.* Upon receiving an amendment request, the Privacy Officer shall promptly:

(1) Acknowledge in writing within 10 working days the receipt of the request;

(2) Make such inquiry as is necessary to determine whether the amendment is appropriate; and

(3) Resolve the request by either:

(i) Correcting or eliminating any information that is found to be incomplete, inaccurate, irrelevant to a statutory purpose of OSHRC, or untimely and notifying the requester in writing when this action is complete; or

(ii) Notifying the requester in writing of a determination not to amend the personal record, including the reasons for the denial, and advising the requester of his or her right to appeal in accordance with § 2400.7.