§ 2-6-106. Inspection and disclosure of Office of Juvenile Affairs records without court order
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 10A. Children and Juvenile Code
10A Okl.St.Ann. § 2-6-106
§ 2-6-106. Inspection and disclosure of Office of Juvenile Affairs records without court order
2. Employees and officers of the court in the performance of their duties, including but not limited to guardians ad litem appointed by the court, and members of review boards established pursuant to the Oklahoma Children's Code;1
3. A district attorney and the employees of an office of a district attorney in the course of their official duties pursuant to this title or the prosecution of crimes against children, including providing summary dispositional and placement information to the victim of the delinquent acts of the child;
4. The attorney representing a child who is the subject of a juvenile proceeding pursuant to the provisions of this title. The attorney representing a child or an attorney considering representing a child in a juvenile proceeding may access other confidential records listed in subsection A of Section 2-6-102 of this title for use in the legal representation of the child;
6. Employees of a law enforcement agency of this or another state and employees of a child protective service of another state or any federally recognized Indian tribe member in the course of their official duties pertaining to investigations of a report of known or suspected child abuse or neglect or crimes against children or for the purpose of determining whether to place a child in protective custody;
7. Employees of a law enforcement agency in the course of their official duties pertaining to the investigation of a crime committed or alleged to have been committed by a person under eighteen (18) years of age. Records or information disclosed pursuant to this paragraph may consist of summaries or may be limited to the information or records necessary for the purpose of the investigation;
10. Any public or private agency or person authorized by the Office of Juvenile Affairs to diagnose, or provide care, treatment, supervision or other services to a child who is the subject of a report or record of delinquency, child abuse or neglect, or other adjudicatory category, provided the Office may limit the disclosure to summaries or to information directly necessary for the purpose of the disclosure;
b. the person or agency conducting the research ensures that all documents containing identifying information are maintained in secure locations and access to any documents by unauthorized persons is prohibited; that no identifying information is included in documents generated from the research conducted; and that all identifying information is deleted from documents used in the research when the research is completed;
B. Records and their contents disclosed without an order of the court as provided by the provisions of this section shall remain confidential. The use of any information shall be limited to the purposes for which disclosure is authorized. It shall be unlawful for any person to furnish any confidential record or disclose any confidential information contained in any juvenile record for commercial, political or any other unauthorized purpose. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Credits
Laws 1995, c. 352, § 181, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 211, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 293, § 34, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 177, § 13, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2007, c. 191, § 2, emerg. eff. May 31, 2007. Renumbered from Title 10, § 7307-1.5 and amended by Laws 2009, c. 234, §§ 97, 190, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009; Laws 2014, c. 362, § 2, eff. May 28, 2014; Laws 2015, c. 54, § 7, emerg. eff. April 10, 2015.
Footnotes
Title 10A, § 1-1-101 et seq.
10A Okl. St. Ann. § 2-6-106, OK ST T. 10A § 2-6-106
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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