§ 504.7 - Amendment of a record.

(a) Any individual may request amendment of a record pertaining to such individual according to the procedure in paragraph (b) of this section except those records described under paragraph (d) of this section.

(b) After inspection by an individual of a record pertaining to such individual, he or she may file a written request, presented in person or by mail, with the Administrative Officer, for an amendment to a record. Such request shall specify the particular portions of the record to be amended, the desired amendments and the reasons therefor.

(c) Not later than 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the receipt of a request made in accordance with this section to amend a record in whole or in part, the Administrative Officer shall:

(1) Make any correction of any portion of the record which the individual believes is not accurate, relevant, timely or complete and thereafter inform the individual of such correction; or

(2) Inform the individual, by certified mail return receipt requested, of the refusal to amend such record, setting forth the reasons therefor, and notify the individual of the right to appeal that determination as provided under § 504.8 of this part.

(d) The provisions for amending records do not permit the alteration of evidence presented in the course of Commission proceedings in the adjudication of claims, nor do they permit collateral attack upon what has already been subject to final agency action in the adjudication of claims in programs previously completed by the Commission pursuant to statutory time limitations.