5 CFR 297.203
§ 297.203 Access by the parent of a minor or by the legal guardian of an individual declared to be incompetent.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 297.203, § 297.203 Access by the parent of a minor or by the legal guardian of an individual declared to be incompetent, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/5620
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Full text
(a) A parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a minor, upon presentation of suitable personal identification, may access on behalf of a minor any record pertaining to the minor in a system of records maintained by the Office.
(b) A legal guardian, upon presentation of documentation establishing guardianship, may access on behalf of an individual declared to be incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, any record pertaining to that individual in a system of records maintained by the Office.
(c) Minors are not precluded from exercising personally those rights provided them by the Privacy Act.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.