Rule 3375-5-03 | Valid reasons for accessing confidential personal information.
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 State Library Board'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 [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 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 state library board, authorized employees would also have valid reasons for accessing CPI in these following circumstances:
(1) Employees of the state library board may review CPI of individuals in the course of performing routine library duties while processing patron requests for materials or content.
(2) Employees of the state library board may review CPI of individuals in the course of performing routine library duties while investigating the location of lost or overdue library materials.
(3) Employees of the state library board may review CPI of individuals in the course of identifying and resolving errors with the electronic systems that support the organization, discovery, acquisition, and tracking of library materials.
(4) Employees of the state library board may review CPI of individuals in the course of reviewing and processing patron requests for a library card.
Last updated September 28, 2021 at 2:27 PM
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