Source: https://vacode.org/2016/16.1/11/12/16.1-300/
Timestamp: 2020-05-25 02:44:34
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 66', '§ 53', '§ 37', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16', '§ 16']

Confidentiality of Department records (§ 16.1-300)—Virginia Decoded - Virginia Decoded
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§ 16.1-300 Confidentiality of Department records
§ 16.1-300
Confidentiality of Department records
3. The child’s parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person standing in loco parentis and the child’s attorney;
9. Any person, agency, organization or institution outside the Department that, at the Department’s request, is conducting research or evaluation on the work of the Department or any of its divisions; or any state criminal justice agency that is conducting research, provided that the agency agrees that all information received shall be kept confidential, or released or published only in aggregate form;
10. With the exception of medical, psychiatric, and psychological records and reports, any full-time or part-time employee of the Department of State Police or of a police department or sheriff’s office that is a part of or administrated by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, and who is responsible for the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth, is entitled to any information related to a criminal street gang including that a person is a member of a criminal street gang as defined in § 18.2-46.1. Information shall be provided by the Department to law enforcement without their request to aid in initiating an investigation or assist in an ongoing investigation of a criminal street gang as defined in § 18.2-46.1. The Department shall not release the identifying information of a juvenile not affiliated with or involved in a criminal street gang unless that information relates to a specific criminal act. No person who obtains information pursuant to this subdivision shall divulge such information except in connection with a criminal investigation regarding a criminal street gang as defined in § 18.2-46.1 that is authorized by the Attorney General or by the attorney for the Commonwealth or in connection with a prosecution or proceeding in court;
11. The Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council and any attorney for the Commonwealth, as permitted under subsection B of § 66-3.2;
12. Any state or local correctional facility as defined in § 53.1-1 when such facility has custody of or is providing supervision for a person convicted as an adult who is the subject of the reports and records. The reports and records shall remain confidential and shall be open for inspection only in accordance with this section; and
13. The Office of the Attorney General, for all criminal justice activities otherwise permitted and for purposes of performing duties required by Chapter 9 (§ 37.2-900 et seq.) of Title 37.2.A designated individual treating or responsible for the treatment of a person may inspect such reports and records as are kept by the Department on such person or receive copies thereof, when the person who is the subject of the reports and records or his parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person standing in loco parentis if the person is under the age of 18, provides written authorization to the Department prior to the release of such reports and records for inspection or copying to the designated individual.
B. The Department may withhold from inspection by a child’s parent, guardian, legal custodian or other person standing in loco parentis that portion of the records referred to in subsection A hereof, when the staff of the Department determines, in its discretion, that disclosure of such information would be detrimental to the child or to a third party, provided that the juvenile and domestic relations district court (i) having jurisdiction over the facility where the child is currently placed or (ii) that last had jurisdiction over the child if such child is no longer in the custody or under the supervision of the Department shall concur in such determination.If any person authorized under subsection A to inspect Department records requests to inspect the reports and records and if the Department withholds from inspection any portion of such record or report pursuant to the preceding provisions, the Department shall (i) inform the individual making the request of the action taken to withhold any information and the reasons for such action; (ii) provide such individual with as much information as is deemed appropriate under the circumstances; and (iii) notify the individual in writing at the time of the request of his right to request judicial review of the Department’s decision. The circuit court (a) having jurisdiction over the facility where the child is currently placed or (b) that had jurisdiction over the original proceeding or over an appeal of the juvenile and domestic relations district court final order of disposition concerning the child if such child is no longer in the custody or under the supervision of the Department shall have jurisdiction over petitions filed for review of the Department’s decision to withhold reports or records as provided herein.
1977, c. 559; 1978, cc. 738, 740; 1981, c. 487; 1988, c. 541; 1989, c. 733; 1994, c. 19; 2000, c. 212; 2002, c. 735; 2003, cc. 108, 143; 2006, cc. 431, 500; 2007, c. 511; 2009, c. 740; 2010, cc. 367, 472; 2011, cc. 99, 169; 2012, cc. 262, 421.
If you’re reading this for anything important, you should double-check its accuracy—read § 16.1-300 on the official Code of Virginia website.
. . . juveniles. Code §§ 16.1-305, 16.1-301 and *213 16.1-300. Fingerprinting and photographing of . . .
. . . for delivery of those records pursuant to Code § 16.1-300. The circuit court entered an order . . .
. . . the child's parent. See Va.Code § 16.1-300(A)(3). And, tracking the language of the . . .
. . . inspection to the child's parent. See Va. Code § 16.1-300(A)(3). And, . . .
SB351: Juveniles; release of information. (failed)
HB1898: Juvenile records; allows law-enforcement agency access thereto when investigating certain offense. (failed)
HB2661: Confidential records; adds group homes to list eligible to review certain records of minors.
SB1178: Confidentiality records; law-enforcement agency not required to obtain court order to inspect. (failed)
HB1254: Juvenile records; intake officer to report to Bureau of Immigration & Customs if in U.S. illegally. (passed)
HB1781: Juvenile records; allows Department of Juvenile Justice to share information with law enforcement. (failed)
HB1121: Juvenile records; DJJ to provide information in an investigation of a criminal street gang. (passed)
HB254: Juvenile records; DJJ to provide information in an investigation of criminal street gang.
SB486: Juvenile records; DJJ to provide information in an investigation of a criminal street gang. (passed)
HB1783: Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records. (passed)
SB1166: Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records. (passed)
HB391: Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state and local correctional facilities, confidential. (passed)
SB476: Confidential juvenile records; sharing with state and local correctional facilities, confidential. (passed)
HB2287: Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records. (passed)
SB1288: Juvenile Justice, Department of; confidentiality of records. (passed)
HB997: Pretrial Services Act; repeals Act. (failed)