OAH Docket No. 3-1800-18031-2
STATE OF
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES
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In the Matter of the Denial of the Application for a Child Foster Care License of Rebecca Lee Condon |
PROTECTIVE
ORDER
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Upon the request of the Department of Human Services, Licensing Division, and Wright County Community Services Agency, and pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§ 13.03, subd. 6, and 14.60, subd. 2 (2006), and Minn. R. 1400.6700, subp. 4 (2005), it is ordered that:
1. Disclosure of not public data is permitted in the course of this matter, but is limited to parties, counsel of record, employees assisting counsel, and representatives and witnesses of the parties to the extent necessary to prepare and present claims and defenses.
2. Rebecca Condon and her attorney, and any of their representatives or witnesses, may not disclose any data encompassed by this order to persons other than those mentioned above, and must return all data released pursuant to this order to the Department of Human Services at the conclusion of this matter.
3. Data identifying witnesses who are children or vulnerable adults shall not become public data (notwithstanding Minn. Stat. § 13.46, subds. 3 or 4(e)) because they are disclosed in this proceeding and shall remain not public after the conclusion of this hearing. In preparation for and during the hearing, the parties may refer to names of individuals involved and will have access to documents containing private information. Unless the Administrative Law Judge determines that it is in the best interest of the witnesses who are children or vulnerable adults, the record will not be sealed. The Administrative Law Judge’s Recommendation and the Commissioner’s Order shall use noon-identifying initials or aliases in place of the names of any alleged victims and witnesses who are children or vulnerable adults.
4. The hearing in this matter is presumed open. If there is testimony by a witness who is a child or a vulnerable adult, that portion of the hearing shall be closed. If a transcript is ordered, the names of the witnesses who are children or vulnerable adults shall be redacted and replaced by non-identifying initials or aliases.
5. The data encompassed by this order may be used only in this proceeding and not for any other purpose, including collateral litigation, unless otherwise ordered by a district court.
6. This
protective order does not authorize the disclosure of the identity of reporters
of maltreatment. See
Dated: June 1, 2007
s/Kathleen D. Sheehy
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KATHLEEN
D. SHEEHY
Administrative
Law Judge