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Intercollegiate Athletics Records


OAR 166-475-0080
This General Schedule is applicable to the Intercollegiate Athletics Records of the Oregon University System. Retention periods apply to the record copy of all public records, regardless of medium or physical format, created or stored by the above specified agencies. Please note the exceptions to this General Schedule listed in OAR 166-030-0026 before disposing of records.

(1) Annual Fund Drive Records (8) Game Officials' Evaluation Forms (15) Practice Schedule Records
(2) Athletic Eligibility Records (9) Game Statistics (16) Recruiting Records
(3) Catastrophic Injury Records (10) Gift-In-Kind Donors Records (17) Scheduling Records
(4) Claims Payment Records (11) Individual Athletes Records (18) Sports Merchandising Records
(5) Competition Record Forms (12) Insurance Records (19) Student Athletes Academic Advising Records
(6) Donor Recognition Records (13) Play Books (20) Student Athletes Dining Rosters
(7) Game Arrangement Records (14) Positive Drug Test Records (21) Student Athletes Medical Records

Annual Fund Drive Records
OAR 166-475-0080(1)
This series documents the plans, arrangements, and results of annual athletic fund drives. This series may include but is not limited to: brochures; prize lists; pledge cards; mailing arrangements; reports; fiscal summaries; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention:

Record Copy: 10 years

Other copies: 7 years


Athletic Eligibility Records
OAR 166-475-0080(2)
This series is used to provide a record of verification by intercollegiate athletics of student athletes' academic progress to the NCAA or NAIA. These records include computer generated academic progress reports.

Retention:

Record Copy: 10 years

Other copies: 1 year


Catastrophic Injury Records
OAR 166-475-0080(3)
This series documents on-going insurance activity on cases that qualified for catastrophic status by having claims of over $50,000 for NCAA schools and $25,000 for NAIA schools in the first two years of the claim. This series may include but is not limited to: accident reports; annual insurance questionnaires; notes; claim forms; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention:

Record Copy: 75 years

Other copies: 75 years


Claims Payment Records
OAR 166-475-0080(4)
This series documents the verification and payment of secondary coverage insurance claims of injured student athletes. This series may include but is not limited to: lists of requests for claims payment; transmittal letters (CO 163-Rev 10/91) to the Controller's Division for reimbursement of the institution; Proof of Loss (CO-164-2/92) forms; intercollegiate athletic reports from OUS Human Resources; ledgers of providers, payment amounts, and reference numbers; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: 5 years after claim is settled


Competition Record Forms
OAR 166-475-0080(5)

This series provides a summary record of individual games and competitions and is used to comply with NCAA and NAIA reporting requirements for both revenue and non-revenue producing sports. Information on the individual forms includes: sport name; opponent name; date; event location; final score; player names and positions; time played per athlete; and the signature of the head coach or athletic director.

Retention:

Record Copy: 10 years

Other copies: 2 years


Donor Recognition Records
OAR 166-475-0080(6)
This series documents athletic fund donors of various levels and the recognition given. This series may include but is not limited to: lists of donors by gift level; award lists; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: 5 years after discontinuation of donations


Game Arrangement Records
OAR 166-475-0080(7)
This series is used to provide a reference record of arrangements made for and the schedules of past games. This series may include but is not limited to: team practice schedules; team position assignments/depth charts; itineraries; bus lists; notes; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: 5 years


Game Officials' Evaluation Forms
OAR 166-475-0080(8)
This series is used to provide a record of the head coach's evaluation of judging officials' performance at individual football games. The series is also used to comply with NCAA, NAIA and conference rules and regulations. Information on the individual forms includes: team names; site; game date; judging officials' names; evaluative scores; comments; and coach's signature.

Retention: 1 year


Game Statistics
OAR 166-475-0080(9)
This series documents the practice, playing, and attendance statistics about each game and the season for each sport by playing year. This series may include but is not limited to: player academic statistics; attendance figures; player training charts; season and game player statistics; recruitment records; special teams statistics; rankings; awards information; NAIA and NCAA game statistics; media releases; all-conference nominations; spring and fall camp depth charts; numerical rosters; media guides; narrative reports on games and scrimmages; final team statistics for each game; NAIA and NCAA official scoring summaries; play-by-play written reports; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: Permanent


Gift-In-Kind Donors Records
OAR 166-475-0080(10)

This series documents donors who are available to provide services to athletic events as donations and the use of donated funds. Information in this series may include: names of donors, names of businesses, type of donations, and level of giving; past gift records; and related documentation and correspondence. The series may also include contribution notices; invoices; purchase orders; and receipts.

Retention: 

(a) 5 years after discontinuation of donations for donor records
(b) 5 years for fiscal documentation


Individual Athletes Records
OAR 166-475-0080(11)
This series documents the athletic history of each athlete who has competed at the institution. Frequently, this series is a continuation of the recruitment file and includes recruitment records if an athlete signs a letter of intent. Records may include and may not be limited to: academic major information including performance reports, admissions verification reports, academic transcripts, and financial aid information; recruitment information documents; media articles; photographs; release of information forms; personal data questionnaires; records of awards; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: 

(a) 5 years after separation from the institution for student records containing confidential information
(b) Permanent for all other records


Insurance Records
OAR 166-475-0080(12)
This series documents medical treatment services rendered off campus for practice or playing related injuries or illnesses which are eligible for partial payment by intercollegiate athletic insurance. This series may include but is not limited to: copies of policies; accident reports; annual insurance questionnaires; notes; claim forms; negotiations correspondence; payment of insurance records; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention:

Record Copy: 10 years

Other copies: 7 years


Play Books
OAR 166-475-0080(13)
This series documents the strategies, practice time and game plays for each game and the season. This series may include but is not limited to: practice plans; game plans; and game results.

Retention: 5 years


Positive Drug Test Records
OAR 166-475-0080(14)
This series is used to provide the athletic director with a record of the positive results of drug testing done on student athletes. These records include: lab reports; interpretations; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: 5 years or end of eligibility, whichever is later


Practice Schedule Records
OAR 166-475-0080(15)

This series is used to monitor practice time for athletic teams and assist in complying with NCAA, NAIA and conference rules and regulations. This series contains team rosters indicating time spent in: practices; meetings; training and conditioning; and competition.

Retention: 5 years


Recruiting Records
OAR 166-475-0080(16)
This series documents the recruitment of athletes into the institution's intercollegiate athletics program. The series also provides a record of the recruitment process for prospective players created by the institution to comply with NCAA, NAIA and conference rules and regulations. This series may include but is not limited to: the institution's football questionnaire forms with personal, scholastic, football, general, and transcript release information; information request cover sheets; grade transcripts; Information for Certification of NCAA Freshman Athletics Eligibility Compliance (with By-Law 5-1-j forms, number 40-c); letters of intent; copies of admissions forms and materials; performance reports; telephone and conversation notes; mailing lists; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: 5 years or end of eligibility whichever is longer


Scheduling Records
OAR 166-475-0080(17)
This series documents competition schedules set up with other institutions by coaches and the athletic director. This series may include but is not limited to: correspondence; phone notes; contracts; final schedules; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: 6 years after expiration of contract


Sports Merchandising Records
OAR 166-475-0080(18)
This series documents the sale of institutional and NCAA or NAIA-licensed merchandise at sporting events. Records may include: sales reports; merchandise comment sheets; and related correspondence.

Retention: 4 years


Student Athletes Academic Advising Records
OAR 166-475-0080(19)
This series documents academic advising of prospective and current student athletes, provides records of academic progress while students are involved in athletic programs at the institution, and complies with NCAA, NAIA and conference reporting requirements. These records include: letters of intent; renewals of letters of intent; transcripts; grade reports; petitions; academic evaluations; advanced standing reports; advisors' report sheets showing progress towards academic degree; program planning sheets; NCAA Progress Reports; students' requests for release from athletic programs; disciplinary memoranda; and related correspondence.

Retention: 5 years after degree completed or last enrollment


Student Athletes Dining Rosters
OAR 166-475-0080(20)
This series documents the meals consumed by student athletes as part of the training table. This series may include but is not limited to: rosters with the names of athletes partaking of meals and absent from meals; menus; and related documentation and correspondence.

Retention:

Record Copy: 2 years

Other copies: 2 years


Student Athletes Medical Records
OAR 166-475-0080(21)
This series documents the medical history of each athlete before and during his/her attendance at the institution. This series may include but is not limited to: annual health appraisals; authorization to release information forms; treatment consent forms; assumption of risk forms; accident reports; X-rays and X-ray reports; prescription records; off campus treatment source records; insurance questionnaires; psychological counseling records; and related documentation and correspondence.  

Retention: 7 years after student is last enrolled

NOTE: Records may be exempt from public disclosure per ORS 192.502(2).


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