WAC 132U-280-015   Definitions.  (1)(a) The term "education records" shall mean those records that are directly related to a student and maintained by the college.

     (b) The term "education records" does not mean:

     (i) Records that are kept in the sole possession of the maker, are used only as a personal memory aid, and are not accessible or revealed to any other person except a temporary substitute for the maker of the record.

     (ii) Records related to a person who is employed by the college, are made and maintained in the normal course of business, relate exclusively to such person in that person's capacity as an employee, and are not available for any other use.

     (iii) Records on a student which are created or maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or other recognized professional or paraprofessional acting in his or her professional capacity, or assisting in a paraprofessional capacity and which are created, maintained or used only in connection with the treatment of the student, and are not available to anyone other than persons providing such treatment; provided, however, that such records can be personally reviewed by a physician or other appropriate professional of the student's choice. For the purpose of this definition, "treatment" does not include remedial educational activities or activities that are part of the program of instruction at the college.

     (iv) Records that only contain information about an individual after he or she is no longer a student.

     [(c)] "Student" is defined as any person who is or has been officially registered at Whatcom Community College for whom the college maintains education records or personally identifiable information.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.130, 28B.50.140. 07-15-033, § 132U-280-015, filed 7/12/07, effective 8/12/07; 88-15-005 (Order 88-03), § 132U-280-015, filed 7/8/88.]


NOTES:

     Reviser's note:  RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules, and deems ineffectual changes not filed by the agency in this manner. The bracketed material in the above section does not appear to conform to the statutory requirement.