Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3349 - Northeast Ohio Medical University
Chapter 3349-7 - Human Resource Rules
Section 3349-7-01 - Definitions
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3349-7-01
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Purpose
To promote clarity in the university's human resources rules.
(B) Scope
The definitions set forth in this rule have applicability to all university rules, unless an alternative definition is specified within the rule for specific application to the issue being addressed.
(C) Definitions
(1)
"Appointing Authority" refers to the person who has the
power to appoint or remove an employee from a given position within the
university based on a delegation of authority by the university's board of
trustees pursuant to the powers granted to the board of trustees by division
(F) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code. For
unclassified" hourly employees and for classified civil service employees of
the university, the appointing authority is the director of human resources.
For administrative staff, the appointing authority is the division director in
which a given department or other organizational unit is located. For faculty,
the appointing authority is the dean of the respective college.
(2)
"Board of
Trustees" ("Board") is established by section
3350.10 of the Revised Code and
derives its power to govern from section
3350.12 of the Revised Code. The
board is the governing body for the university and all its component
colleges.
(3)
"Break in Service" is a separation from public service
of thirty-one days or more. Any university approved leave of absence, or any
separation from service which carries the right to reinstatement, or
reemployment shall not constitute a break in service; so long as the employee
is reinstated or reemployed within the allowable time. The time the employee
was on leave of absence or was separated shall not be counted in the
calculation of retention points for continuous service.
(4)
"College" means
an academic unit headed by a chairperson or director.
(5)
"Continuous
Service" means service with a state of Ohio agency, an Ohio county office, or a
state of Ohio supported college or university without a break in
service.
(6)
"Day(s)" mean calendar days, unless otherwise
specified.
(7)
"Dean" means the chief academic unit headed by a
chairperson or director.
(8)
"Department" means an academic unit headed by a
chairperson or director.
(9)
"Educational Records" means those records, files,
documents and other materials which contain information directly related to a
student and are maintained by a college, school, department, office or other
university organization, subdivision or by a person acting for the university
or any of its subdivisions.
(10)
"Full-Time
Employee" is an employee whose regular hours of duty total eighty hours in a
bi-weekly pay period.
(11)
"Immediate Supervisor" is the person who directs or
oversees the work of another.
(12)
"Normal Working
Hours" are established from eight a.m. to five p.m. unless otherwise directed
by the immediate supervisor.
(13)
"Part-Time
Employee" is an employee whose regular hours of duty are less than the eighty
hours in a bi-weekly pay period.
(14)
"Persona Non
Grata" means that a nonstudent has exhibited behavior which has been deemed
detrimental to the university community and thus is no longer permitted to
frequent or be present in any or specified university
locations.
(15)
"President" means the president of the
university.
(16)
"Rootstown Campus" includes all of the real property,
buildings and equipment owned by or for the benefit of the university that are
located in Rootstown Township, Portage county, Ohio.
(17)
"Senior
Administration" or "Leadership Team" are those individuals so designated by the
president.
(18)
"Student" means any person admitted or enrolled at the
university in any of its courses or programs.
(19)
"University" is
the state supported higher education entity organized under the authority
created by section 3350.10 of the Revised
Code.
(D) Rule statement
(1)
Words have their
ordinary and widely accepted meaning unless the word or phrase has been
assigned a specific meaning in federal laws and regulations, the Revised Code,
the Administrative Code or university rule.
(2)
The university
hereby adopts the definitions set forth in federal laws and regulations, the
Revised Code and the Administrative Code, as it applies to the university, as
may be amended from time to time, unless the university has specifically
adopted another definition for the term within this rule or any other rule of
the university. This rule and each specific rule of the university should be
consulted as necessary to determine if the university has given the word or
phrase specific meaning.
(3)
The administration of the university is hereby
delegated the authority to amend these definitions as necessary to the further
purpose, goals and mission of the university.
Replaces: 3349-7-01
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