Section 8-6-5 - Exemptions and limitations on employee, student, parent, or library patron accessThe department is not required to grant an employee, student, parent, or library patron access to personal records or information when:
(1) The disclosure would reveal the identity of a source who furnished information to the department under an expressed or implied promise of confidentiality.(2) Records consist of testing or examination material or scoring keys solely to determine qualifications for appointment or promotion in public employment, or used as or to administer a licensing examination or an academic examination, the disclosure of which would compromise the objectivity, fairness, or effectiveness of the testing or examination process.(3) Records include investigative reports and materials, related to an upcoming, ongoing, or pending civil or criminal action or administrative proceeding against the employee, student, parent, or library patron.(4) Required to be withheld from the employee, student, parent, or library patron to whom it pertains by statute or judicial decision or authorized to be so withheld by constitutional or statutory privilege.[Eff. AUG 22, 1983] (Auth: HRS § 302A-1112) (Imp: HRS §§92E, 302A-1112)