Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 481 - Inspections and Appeals Department
Chapter 16 - Administrative Electronic Document Management System
Rule 481-16.8 - Redaction of Electronic Documents
Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 481-16.8
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
(1) Responsibilities of filers generally.
a. It is the
responsibility of the filer to ensure that a confidential document is certified
as confidential.
b. It is the
responsibility of the filer to ensure that protected information is omitted or
redacted from documents before the documents are filed. This responsibility
exists even when the filer did not create the document.
c. The division will not review filings to
determine whether appropriate omissions or redactions have been made or whether
a document has been properly certified as confidential.
(2) Omission and redaction requirements.
a.
Protected
information that is not material to the proceedings. A filer may
redact protected information from documents filed with the division when the
information is not material to the proceedings.
b.
Protected information that is
material to the proceedings. When protected information is material to
the proceedings, a filer must certify the document as confidential when
submitting the filing to the division.
c.
Protected information in a
confidential document. Parties are not required to redact protected
information from documents that are certified as confidential.
(3) Information that may be redacted. A filer may redact the following information from documents available to the public unless the information is material to the proceedings:
a. Driver's license
numbers.
b. Information concerning
medical treatment or diagnosis.
c.
Employment history.
d. Personal
financial information.
e.
Proprietary or trade secret information.
f. Information concerning crime
victims.
g. Sensitive security
information.
h. Home
addresses.
(4) Improperly included protected information. A party may ask the division to restrict access to improperly included protected information from a filed document. The division may order a properly redacted document to be filed.
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