This policy sets forth UAB’s commitment to creating a secure environment for children and establishes principles by which all University representatives should guide their behavior when interacting with children and reporting suspicions of abuse or neglect.

This policy establishes guidelines requiring all UAB operating units to institute and implement an appropriate records management program.

Under certain circumstances, a UAB employee may voluntarily donate to another UAB employee, or receive from another employee, accrued sick time under a sick time donation plan as described in this policy.

To protect the security and confidentiality of protected information created or received in the course of business, once records reach the end of their scheduled retention period, they should be disposed. These procedures outline various methods of destruction, which depend on the nature of the information stored and the medium of record storage.