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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA: 10144
Database ID: 1411
Record Series Title: BIRTH DEFECTS REGISTRY
Record Series Abstract: THE BIRTH DEFECTS REGISTRY CONTAINS DATA ON INFANTS WITH ONE OR MORE SERIOUS BIRTH DEFECTS. THE REGISTRY DATA IS USED TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE AREAS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES FOR PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Calendar Year
If Other, Explain:
Total Retention: 20 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: THE FILES ARE TO BE CUT OFF AT THE END OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR THEN, MAINTAIN IN AGENCY 20 YEAR(S) THEN DESTROY BY STATE APPROVED METHODS
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 1411
Record Location: 710 James Robertson Pkwy Andrew Johnson Building Nashville, TN 37243
File Arrangement: By certificate type and chronologically
Media Format Generated: Electronic
Media Format Stored: ELECTRONIC
Date Range: 1996-Current
Annual Accumulation: 2GB
Current Volume: 300 gigabyte data/images
Record Value: Administrative
Audit Requirements: Both
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 1500
Past Year: 750
2 - 5 Years: 500
Over 5 Years: 500
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: Yes
If Shared, List Agencies: Center for Disease Control
Essential Record: TRUE
Essential Record Stored: Family Health and Wellness 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243. Data/images are maintained at OIR Data Center.
Essential Record Media Type: Electronic
Confidential: FALSE
Confidential Legal Citation:
Media Recommendation:
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: 20
Agency Retention - Years Active:
Agency Retention - Years Inactive:
Records Center Retention Period:
Final Disposition after Retention Expires:
Legal Citation: TCA 68-5-506
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: BIRTH DEFECTS REGISTRY
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: VMware, OIR Data Center File Server currently resides on DC0419006WF000. Recovery requires a standard server with MS Windows 2003 or greater operating system with 210 gigabytes of available disk space. Database Server Currently resides on DC0419006WF000. Recovery requires a standard file server with Windows 2003 or greater operating system. Database on DC20SDCWB00001. Recovery requires an encrypted SQL Server 2008 with 35.02 gigabytes of available disk space
Software Description: Registry Plus provided by CDC, Microsoft SQL. Registry Plus is a suite of publicly available free software programs for collecting and processing cancer registry data, made available by CDC.
System Location: OIR Data Center
Backup Procedures: Daily data backup with weekly image tape back up by OIR.
Disaster Recovery: OIR network recovery policy & procedures. Non-critical recovery time. Location: Data Center South RTO:> 2 weeks RPO: 24 hours OIR Level: Bronze
Data Migration Description: Data will be migrated to newer platforms as directed by CDC and OIR.
Metadata Description: Electronic images of certificates are indexed by year, certificate number and certificate file indicator.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Lois Holt-Cooper
Job Title: Records Officer
Address 1: 710 James Robertson Parkway
Address 2: 6th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-741-4411
Email: Lois.Holt-Cooper@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Health
Agency Head: John J. Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Director: Lori B. Ferranti, PhD, MBA, RN
Allotment Code: 34347
Status
Action Requested: New RDA
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 09-08-2016 No recommend changes.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 09-08-2016 No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2016-09-08 We have reviewed RDA 10144 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 09-13-2016 Thank you.
RMD Director Recomendations: 09-29-2016 RDA 10144 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention will remain twenty years and destroy and the format electronic. The Abstract, Disposition Notes, and Worksheet have been updated. Recommend approval of request to revise RDA 10144.
Signed Form Received: 2016-09-29
PRC Meeting Date: 11-03-2016
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 10144.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
1411 10144 2016-11-03 Approved