Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:1 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 4501:1-12 - Privacy of Records › Section 4501:1-12-02 - Driver's privacy protection

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As used in this rule:
(1) "Personal information" means information
			 contained in a motor vehicle record that identifies an individual person,
			 including but not limited to, the person's photograph, digital image,
			 digitalized photograph, social security number, driver or driver's license
			 identification number, name, date of birth, telephone number, medical or
			 disability information, or a person's address other than the county and
			 five-digit zip code. "Personal information" does not include information
			 pertaining to a vehicular accident, driving or traffic violation, or driver's
			 status, or a name that is provided by the requester.
(2) "Motor vehicle record" means a record
			 that pertains to a driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, an
			 identification card, a certificate of title, a motor vehicle registration, or
			 motor vehicle identification license plates, including an enumeration of the
			 motor vehicle accidents in which the driver has been involved, except accidents
			 certified in division (D) of section
			 3937.41 of the Revised Code, and
			 the driver's record of convictions for violation of the motor vehicle
			 laws.
(3) "Requester" means a
			 person who requests release of a motor vehicle record.
(4) "Application" means an application for a
			 driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, an identification card, a
			 certificate of title, or a motor vehicle registration regardless of whether it
			 is made to the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV), a deputy registrar, or a clerk
			 of court of common pleas, and regardless of whether it is made in person with
			 the assistance of a clerk, by mail, or by any other permissible
			 means.
(5) "Applicant" means a
			 person who submits an application.
(6) "Express consent" means an affirmative
			 choice on a "Record Confidentiality Waiver," form "BMV2095,"
			 (8/12) which may be obtained via the BMV's
			 website at
https://www.bmv.ohio.gov/doc-forms.aspx
by an applicant or other person regarding whom the BMV has a motor vehicle
			 record to authorize disclosure by the BMV, a deputy registrar, or a clerk of
			 court of common pleas of his or her personal information in response to a
			 request under section
			 4501.27 of the Revised Code.
			 "Express consent" is also known as "opt-in."
(7) "Medical and disability information
			 express consent" means an affirmative choice on form "BMV2095" by an applicant
			 or other person regarding whom the BMV has a motor vehicle record to authorize
			 disclosure by the BMV, a deputy registrar, or a clerk of court of common pleas
			 of his or her medical and disability information in response to a motor vehicle
			 record request under section
			 4501.27 of the Revised Code.
			 "Medical and disability information express consent" is also known as "medical
			 and disability information opt-in."
(8) "Sensitive personal information" means an
			 individual's photograph, digital image, digitalized photograph, social security
			 number, or medical or disability information.
(9) "Deputy registrar" means a person
			 appointed in accordance with section
			 4503.03 of the Revised
			 Code.
(10) "BMV record account
			 holder" means a requester who has entered into a memorandum of understanding or
			 contract with the Ohio department of public safety, bureau of motor vehicles,
			 for the release of information.
(11) "Bulk request" means a request for
			 copies of an entire set or subset of the database of motor vehicle records
			 maintained by the BMV.