Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3349 - Northeast Ohio Medical University › Chapter 3349-7 - Human Resource Rules › Section 3349-7-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 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.