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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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182 Southern Ohio Agricultural and Community Development |
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Chapter182-1. Ethics |
182-1-07. Valid reasons for accessing confidential personal information
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Pursuant to the requirements of division (B)(2) of section 1347.15 of the Revised Code, this rule contains a list of valid reasons, directly related to the Southern Ohio agricultural and community development foundation's exercise of its powers or duties, for which only employees of the agency may access confidential personal information (CPI) regardless of whether the personal information system is a manual system or computer system:
(A) Performing the following functions constitute valid reasons for authorized employees of the agency 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 the agency 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, eligibility 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 an agency 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 the following circumstances, for the purpose of carrying out specific duties of the Southern Ohio agricultural and community development foundation, authorized employees would also have valid reasons for accessing CPI in these following circumstances:
(1) Employees of the Southern Ohio agricultural and community development foundation may review CPI of individuals who apply for economic development or agricultural grants from the agency, for the purposes of awarding and monitoring those grants.
(2) Employees of the Southern Ohio agricultural and community development foundation may review CPI of "eligible parties," whose family members apply for educational assistance grants from the agency, for the purposes of awarding and monitoring those grants.