Advisory Opinions - 2018
*Please note that the naming convention for the Formal Advisory Opinions has changed effective January 1, 2018.
2018-FAO-020 Post-Employment Restrictions: A retired state employee sought an opinion to determine if any post-employment restrictions would apply to her private legal practice.
2018-FAO-018 Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee requested an opinion to determine if he would have a conflict of interest under IC 4-2-6-9 if he served on the advisory board of a company with a state contract.
2018-FAO-017 Outside Employment/Conflict of Interests - Decisions and Voting: A state employee requested approval for the continuation of his employment with outside entities while simultaneously serving as FSSA’s Chief Medical Officer.
2018-FAO-016 Political Activity/Outside Employment: A state employee requested advice regarding political activity and outside employment activities surrounding his campaign for Indiana State Representative.
2018-FAO-015 Outside Employment/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee requested approval for her outside employment with a nonprofit organization that contracts with state agencies.
2018-FAO-014 Outside Employment/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee requested approval for her outside employment with a nonprofit organization that contracts with state agencies.
2018-FAO-0013 Withdrawn
2018-FAO-012 Post-Employment Restrictions/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee sought advice regarding a post-employment position with a company that has contracts with his state agency.
2018-FAO-011 Post-Employment Restrictions/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee sought advice to determine if his involvement with referrals to a provider and approvals of authorizations and claims for services would create a conflict of interests or trigger the post-employment rule’s cooling off requirement if he pursued employment with the provider.
2018-FAO-010 Post-Employment Restrictions/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee who served as a member of a readiness review team for a Managed Care Entity contract, sought advice regarding a post-employment opportunity with one of the providers.
2018-FAO-009 Outside Employment/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: An agency’s Ethics Officers requested approval for the agency’s medical director’s outside employment.
2018-FAO-008 Post-Employment Restrictions/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee sought advice to determine if any aspect of her establishment of an LLC would be prohibited by the post-employment rule.
2018-FAO-007 Post-Employment Restrictions: A former state employee sought advice to determine if any aspect of her establishment of an LLC would be prohibited by the post-employment rule.
2018-FAO-006 Political activity/Outside employment: A state employee serving as the CFO for a state agency requested approval for political activity and outside professional activities surrounding his campaign for local public office.
2018-FAO-005 Gifts/Use of state property/Ghost employment: A state employee sought advice regarding acceptance and use of donations for employee appreciation events and whether such events could be held on state property during business hours.
2018-FAO-004 Gifts/Outside employment: A state employee sought advice regarding the application of the gift rule and approval for her outside professional activity with a nonprofit organization that accepted a sponsorship from an entity that had a business relationship with her agency.
2018-FAO-003 Outside employment/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: A state employee serving a state hospital as the Assistant Director of Nursing requested approval for his outside professional activity as a reserve police officer.
2018-FAO-002 Outside Employment: A state employee requested approval for her outside employment with a service provider.
2018-FAO-001 Outside employment/Conflict of Interests-Decisions and Voting: An agency’s Ethics Officer requested approval for the agency head’s outside employment as an OB-GYN at a local hospital and for the agency’s proposed screening mechanisms to address conflict of interests concerns under IC 4-2-6-9..