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Rule 3301-2-16 | Valid reasons for accessing confidential personal information.

 
This is an Internal Management (IM) rule governing the day-to-day staff procedures and operations within an agency.

(A) Performing the following functions constitute valid reasons for authorized employees of the Ohio department of education to access confidential personal information:

(1) Responding to a public records request;

(2) Responding to a request from an individual for the list of confidential personal information the department maintains on that individual;

(3) Administering a constitutional provision or duty;

(4) Administering a statutory provision or duty;

(5) Administering an administrative rule provision or duty;

(6) Complying with any state or federal program requirements;

(7) Processing or payment of claims or otherwise administering a program with individual participants or beneficiaries;

(8) Auditing purposes;

(9) Licensure [or permit, eligibility, filing, etc.] processes;

(10) Investigation or law enforcement purposes;

(11) Administrative hearings;

(12) Litigation, complying with an order of the court, or subpoena;

(13) Human resource matters (e.g., hiring, promotion, demotion, discharge, salary/compensation issues, leave requests/issues, time card approvals/issues);

(14) Complying with an executive order or policy;

(15) Complying with a departmental policy or a state administrative policy issued by the department of administrative services, the office of budget and management or other similar state agency; or

(16) Complying with a collective bargaining agreement provision.

(B) To the extent that the general processes described in paragraph (A) of this rule do not cover a set of circumstances, authorized employees have valid reasons for accessing confidential personal information for the purpose of carrying out specific duties of the department of education as set forth in any applicable policy adopted by the department.

Last updated March 22, 2024 at 9:02 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3301.07, 1347.15
Amplifies: 1347.15
Five Year Review Date:
Prior Effective Dates: 9/25/2010