# 45 C.F.R. § 1182.10 (2026): Procedures for amending or correcting an individual's Institute record > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_10 ## Section - **Citation:** 45 C.F.R. § 1182.10 (2026) - **Heading:** Procedures for amending or correcting an individual's Institute record - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Title 45 CFR: Public Welfare / Chapter XI: NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES / Part 1182: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 / § 1182.10: § 1182.10 Procedures for amending or correcting an individual's Institute record. ## Text (a) You are entitled to request amendments to or corrections of records pertaining to you pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act, including 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(2). Such a request should be made in writing and addressed to the Office of the General Counsel (see § 1182.3). (b) Your request for amendments or corrections should specify the following: (1) The particular record that you are seeking to amend or correct; (2) The Institute system from which the record was retrieved; (3) The precise correction or amendment you desire, preferably in the form of an edited copy of the record reflecting the desired modification; and (4) Your reasons for requesting amendment or correction of the record. (c) The Institute will acknowledge a request for amendment or correction of a record within 10 business days of its receipt, unless the request can be processed and the individual informed of the General Counsel's decision on the request within that 10-day period. (d) If after receiving and investigating your request, the General Counsel agrees that the record is not accurate, timely, or complete, based on a preponderance of the evidence, then the record will be corrected or amended promptly. The record will be deleted without regard to its accuracy, if the record is not relevant or necessary to accomplish the Institute function for which the record was provided or is maintained. In either case, you will be informed in writing of the amendment, correction, or deletion. In addition, if accounting was made of prior disclosures of the record, all previous recipients of the record will be informed of the corrective action taken. (e) If after receiving and investigating your request, the General Counsel does not agree that the record should be amended or corrected, you will be informed promptly in writing of the refusal to amend or correct the record and the reason for this decision. You also will be informed that you may appeal this refusal in accordance with § 1182.11. ord will be informed of the corrective action taken. (e) If after receiving and investigating your request, the General Counsel does not agree that the record should be amended or corrected, you will be informed promptly in writing of the refusal to amend or correct the record and the reason for this decision. You also will be informed that you may appeal this refusal in accordance with § 1182.11. (f) Requests to amend or correct a record governed by the regulations of another agency will be forwarded to such agency for processing, and you will be informed in writing of this referral. ## Nearby sections - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.1 (2026) § 1182.1 Purpose and scope of these regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_1.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.2 (2026) § 1182.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_2.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.3 (2026) § 1182.3 Inquiries about the Institute's systems of records or implementation of the Privacy Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_3.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.4 (2026) § 1182.4 Procedures for notifying the public of the Institute's systems of records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_4.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.5 (2026) § 1182.5 Procedures for notifying government entities of the Institute's proposed changes to its systems of records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_5.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.6 (2026) § 1182.6 Limits that exist as to the contents of the Institute's systems of records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_6.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.7 (2026) § 1182.7 Institute procedures for collecting information from individuals for its records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_7.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.8 (2026) § 1182.8 Procedures for acquiring access to Institute records pertaining to an individual.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_8.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.9 (2026) § 1182.9 Identification required when requesting access to Institute records pertaining to an individual.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_9.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.10 (2026) § 1182.10 Procedures for amending or correcting an individual's Institute record.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_10.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.11 (2026) § 1182.11 Procedures for appealing a refusal to amend or correct an Institute record.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_11.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.12 (2026) § 1182.12 Fees charged to locate, review, or copy records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_12.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.13 (2026) § 1182.13 Policies and procedures for Institute disclosure of its records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_13.md) - [45 C.F.R. § 1182.14 (2026) § 1182.14 Procedures for maintaining accounts of disclosures made by the Institute from its systems of records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_14.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/CFR_T45_P1182_S1182_10. 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