Retain in office seven (7) years then transfer to the State Records Center. Retain in the State Records Center until requested to return records to OKDHS for imaging. If not returned for imaging, destroy records when they become fifty (50) years old provided all audits have been completed and all applicable audit reports have been accepted and resolved by all applicable federal and state agencies and no legal actions are pending. If legal action is pending, destroy two (2) years after exhaustion of all legal remedies, provided records meet all stipulated retention requirements.
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Retain in office seven (7) years, then transfer data to optical disks. Destroy hard copy documents (a) upon certification that all records have been successfully entered on disk; (b) after storing a back up copy of the disk in an off site storage area that meets the manufacturer's recommendations for temperature and humidity controls; or if no recommendations are provided by the manufacturer, after storing the back up disk in an off site storage area whose temperature is between 65° and 75° Fahrenheit and whose relative humidity is between 30% and 50%; (c) after retaining at least one (1) user copy in the agency. Destroy optical disks when they become fifty (50) years old, provided all audits have been completed and all applicable audit reports have been accepted and resolved by all applicable federal and state agencies and no legal actions are pending. If legal action is pending, destroy two (2) years after exhaustion of all legal remedies, provided records meet all stipulated retention requirements.
If record is retained in rewritable disks, delete records when they become fifty (50) years old provided: all audits have been completed and all applicable audit reports have been accepted and resolved by all applicable federal and state agencies and no legal actions are pending. If legal action is pending, destroy two (2) years after exhaustion of all legal remedies provided records meet all stipulated retention periods.
If record is retained in WORM disks, destroy individual disks when they become fifty (50) years old provided: all audits have been completed and all applicable audit reports have been accepted and resolved by all applicable federal and state agencies and no legal actions are pending. If legal action is pending, destroy two (2) years after exhaustion of all legal remedies provided records meet all stipulated retention periods.
Amended April 24, 2003