5 CFR § 297.203 - Access by the parent of a minor or by the legal guardian of an individual declared to be incompetent.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s297.203"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 297.203 - Access by the parent of a minor or by the legal guardian of an individual declared to be incompetent."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "297.203"
section_name: "Access by the parent of a minor or by the legal guardian of an individual declared to be incompetent."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "297"
part_name: "PRIVACY PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECORDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552a; Pub. L. 115-59, 113 Stat. 1152 (42 U.S.C. 405 note)."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 1998, Jan. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "297"
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# 297.203 Access by the parent of a minor or by the legal guardian of an individual declared to be incompetent.
(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.