OAH 61-1800-21249-2

 

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

 

FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES

 

 

In the Matter of the Temporary Immediate Suspension of the License of Terri Lee to Provide Family Child Care

 

PROTECTIVE ORDER AND

ORDER FOR HEARING

 

 

 

          Upon the requests of, and agreements among, the Licensee, the Department of Human Services, Licensing Division, and Dakota County Social Services for a continuance and pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§ 13.03, subd. 6; and 14.60, subd. 2, it is ordered that:

 

1.              The contested case hearing shall be held on April 30, 2010, commencing at 10:00 a.m. at the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, Conference Room 1, Dakota County Judicial Center, 1560 Highway 55, Hastings, Minnesota.

 

2.              The parties shall promptly exchange exhibits, and shall appear at the hearing with at least three copies of each exhibit they plan to offer into evidence.  Exhibits shall be pre-marked using Arabic numbers without designation of the party offering the exhibit.  The Department’s exhibits shall commence with the number one, and the Licensee’s exhibit numbers shall commence where the Department’s numbers end.

 

3.              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 or as required by court order.

 

4.                Licensee, Terri Lee, and Licensee’s counsel, representatives, or witnesses may not disclose any data encompassed by this order to persons other than those mentioned in paragraph one above, and must return all data released pursuant to this order to counsel for the Dakota County Social Services at the conclusion of this matter.

 

5.                Notwithstanding Minn. Stat. § 13.46, subds. 3 or 4(e), data identifying victims or witnesses who are children or vulnerable adults shall not become public data by virtue of having been submitted to 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 alleged victims or 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 non-identifying initials or aliases in place of the names of any alleged victims and witnesses who are children or vulnerable adults.

 

6.                The hearing in this matter is presumed open.  If there is testimony by an alleged victim or 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 alleged victims and witnesses who are children or vulnerable adults shall be redacted and replaced by non-identifying initials or aliases.

 

7.                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 court of law to disclose the data.

 

8.                This Protective Order does not authorize the disclosure of the identity of reporters of maltreatment under Minn. Stat. §§ 626.556, subd. 11; or 626.557, subd. 12b(c). 

 

9.                This protective order does not authorize the disclosure of any videotapes of any child victim or alleged child victim unless the requirements of Minn. Stat. § 611A.90, subd. 2 (b) have been met.  See, Minn. Stat. § 13.03, subd. 6.

 

Dated:  April 23, 2010

 

 

                                                                 s/M. Kevin Snell

M. KEVIN SNELL

Administrative Law Judge