Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5501 - Department of Transportation - Administration and Director
Chapter 5501-4 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information
Section 5501-4-03 - Valid reasons for accessing confidential personal information

Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 5501-4-03

Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024

(A) Pursuant to the requirement of division (B)(2) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, this rule contains a list of valid reasons, directly related to the department's exercise of its powers or duties, for which only employees of the department may access confidential personal information (CPI) regardless of whether the personal information system is a manual system or computer system:

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

(1) Responding to a public records request;

(2) Responding to a request from an individual for the list of CPI that 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) Permit, certification, eligibility, registration, or filing 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 department 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.

Effective: 12/7/2017
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 9/8/2017 and 12/07/2022
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 1347.15
Rule Amplifies: 1347.15
Prior Effective Dates: 07/31/2011

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