A. Access to each type of information will be governed by the access and participation policy set forth below: 

1. General information about a specific dog will be available to any person upon activation of a user account granted by the database Security Administrator.
2. Health information contained in the database, regardless if the information was obtained from open health registries or from owners or breeders, will be available to any person who is an active PWD Health participant. An active PWD Health participant is determined by:
   1. Any person who has submitted Health information and supporting documentation to the PWD. All Participants must provide updates to the Health Registry at least once every two years
   2. Board and Committee members  (updates and verification is required once a year)
   3. Health professionals
3. The following types of reports will be available to any person upon activation of a user account granted by the database Security Administrator:
1. Reports reflecting general dog information.
2. Report of the PWD Unofficial Pedigree excluding health information.
3. Reports reflecting statistical information about health, disease, and diagnosis.
4. Reports reflecting statistical information about the breed.
4. The following types of reports will be available only to active PWD Health participants:
1. Reports reflecting health information about a specific dog.
2. Report of the PWD Unofficial Pedigree including health information.

1. Dog information submissions (new or updates) and Litter submissions cannot be restricted to a specific person or account. However, each submission includes the name of the person submitting the information. The persons name will be used in the submission approval process performed by the database administrator.
2. Health information submissions (new or updates) will be available to any person who is an active PWD Health participant. A non-active participant is not presented the forms required to submit new or updated information. An active participant is defined in A.2 above and more specifically, as stated on the database under "Health Participant Definition": 

   Following PWDCA guidelines for health testing does not make you or your dog a participant in the database. 

   Ratings for your dog may "passively" be provided to and appear in the database from ¡¡ãopen registries¡¡À such as OFA, CERF, GM1 and Optigen. This does not, however, make you or your dog an "active" participant in the database. 

   To be an "active" participant in the database you must enter the health information for your dog even if it is already present from the Open Registries. In making the entries you will see other health areas listed and be able to see if anything other than OFA, CERF, GM1 and Optigen ratings should be entered about your dog.  

   You even have the opportunity to enter brief comments about your dog's health at the bottom of the Health Update Page.

3. Submissions will not be entered and stored in the database until they are reviewed and approved by a database administrator.
4. All Board and Committee members must review the database information and provide updates to the information yearly.
5. All Health Participants must review the database information and provide updates to the information at least once every two years

1. The Security Administrator will approve and activate a user account request upon verification of adherence to this policy. Approval may include coordination with Board and Committee personnel.
2. The Security Administrator will assign the appropriate Security levels within the database for general user identification and for compliance analysis per the following list. 

Admin	All Database Administration
Board	Board Member
HComm	Health Committee Member
RComm	Regular Committee Member
Puser	Participating Health user
NPuser	General user, no Health Participation

3. The Security Administrator will monitor access to the database for Board and Committee personnel as well as general database usage.
4. The Litter Administrator will review and approve Litter database submissions and updates to general dog information. This includes making minor corrections to the submission to comply with data integrity in the database. The administrator will update the database with approved submissions.
5. The Health Administrator will review and approve Health database submissions (new or updates). This includes making minor corrections to the submission to comply with data integrity in the database. The administrator will update the database with approved submissions. In addition, the Health Administrator will be responsible for submitting and updating the database for open health registry information.
6. The Database Administrator will ensure proper operation of the database and assist the administrators.
7. Duties between administrators can be shared or transferred per agreement between the effected parties.