Section 1126.400  Inspection of Records at Department Offices

a)         Generally, public records will be made available for inspection during normal working hours of the Department.

b)         Documents which the requestor wishes to have copied shall be segregated during the course of the inspection.  Generally, all copying shall be done by Department employees.

c)         An employee of the Department may be present throughout the inspection.  A requestor may be prohibited from bringing bags, brief cases or other containers into the inspection room.

d)         Files shall be reviewed and confidentialized by Department employees before a requestor is permitted access to them.  The FOI Officer shall be consulted in cases where staff have questions concerning confidentiality.

e)         A requestor shall arrange a time and date to review records that is convenient for the Department employees who maintain the requested records.

f)          A requestor may not remove records from the Department offices, except those copies produced during the requestor's inspection of the files.

(Source:  Amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 19961, effective December 7, 1989)