Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3337 - Ohio University › Chapter 3337-3 - Faculty Governance › Section 3337-3-10 - Minors on campus

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Purpose
Ohio university is committed to
				providing the best experience possible for minors. The university community,
				including faculty, staff, appointees, administrators, undergraduate and
				graduate students, volunteers, interns employees of temporary employment
				agencies and independent contractors/consultants is expected to uphold the
				highest standards of conduct when interacting with minors, and to be informed
				on their reporting obligations in instances of suspected or known abuse or
				neglect of minor children. This policy establishes requirements for those in
				the university community who work in activities and programs with minors, with
				the goal of promoting the safety and well-being of minors. Non-university
				affiliated program requirements will not be outlines in a university agreement
				(contract) with each respective program pursuant to operational
				guidelines.
Ohio university expects parents,
				teachers, or legal guardians to provide appropriate supervision of minors on
				university property unless they are involved in a covered program. Parents,
				teachers, or legal guardians should not leave minors unsupervised on university
				property. The university is not responsible for unsupervised minors on
				university property.
(B)
								Scope
(1)
									Any faculty,
			 staff, appointees, administrators, undergraduate and graduate students, student
			 employees, volunteers, interns, employees of temporary employment agencies and
			 independent contractors/consultants who work with activities and programs with
			 minors fall within the scope of this policy. Individuals that work in
			 activities and programs for minors, but not with the minors themselves, are not
			 within the scope of this policy.
(2)
									All activities
			 and programs with minors are within the scope of this policy except as
			 explicitly excluded in paragraph (B)(3) of this policy. This includes, but is
			 not limited to:
(a)
										Activities and programs with minors the university
			 operates on or off university property including but not limited to overnight
			 camps, instructional programs, day camps, academic camps, grant funded
			 programming, and sports camps.
(b)
										Activities and
			 programs with minors the university operate on or off university property
			 including but not limited to outreach, mentoring, and community service
			 activities.
(c)
										Virtual activities and programs with minors the
			 university hosts on an online platform.
(d)
										Any university
			 owned and/or operated transportation that is used to transport minors to, or
			 during, any activity or program covered by this policy.
(3)
									This
			 policy, in its entirety, does not apply to:
(a)
										Persons under the
			 age of eighteen who are enrolled for academic credit or have been accepted for
			 enrollment.
(b)
										Events on university property open to the general
			 public, which minors attend.
(c)
										Institutional
			 review board (IRB)-approved research.
(d)
										Student
			 organizations operating, facilitating, or sponsoring activities and programs
			 with minors where a parent, teacher or legal guardian is present and
			 supervising the child.
(e)
										Authorized adult who invites a minor to university
			 property or interacts off campus where the minor is an intern, volunteer or is
			 being mentored if a parent, teacher or legal guardian is present and
			 supervising the child (e.g. assisting a minor with a science fair
			 project).
(f)
										Minors working for the university as
			 employees.
(g)
										Activities and programs with minors operated,
			 conducted, or organized by non-university entities which take place on
			 university property including but not limited to facility rentals to third
			 party organizations.
(h)
										Medical care given to minors in a patient-care setting
			 in the hearing, speech and language clinic, the psychology and social work
			 clinic, or other university patient-care settings,
(i)
										Ohio university
			 child development center and kids on campus after school programs which are
			 programs independently operated by the university and whose continuous
			 operation is subject to state and/or federal compliance and accreditation
			 standards.
(j)
										University employees conducting regularly supervised
			 routine recruiting activities as part of official university enrollment
			 practices and who have been background checked in accordance to the minors on
			 campus policy guidelines are exempt from the policy unless the activities
			 involve transportation and/or overnight stays. Official recruitment activities
			 will follow minors on campus guidelines established by the office of risk
			 management and will be managed separately from this policy.