621-A:7 Records. – I. Full and complete records shall be kept by the commissioner of the care and study of each child admitted to the youth services center. The records shall not be open to the inspection of any persons not on the staff of the commissioner except that such records shall be available, by court order, to any court having competent jurisdiction of the child in any matter pending in this state or to such person or persons as may be authorized by the court. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, exchange of medical or psychiatric records between a facility providing child inpatient psychiatric treatment within the state mental health system and the department shall be permitted. II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the disclosure by the commissioner to the legislature or the public of the generalized facts relating to the children admitted to the youth services center, together with conclusions as to the proper means for the control and child guidance for such children, provided that the names and identities of particular children shall not be disclosed. Source. 1995, 181:17, eff. July 1, 1995. 2022, 272:53, eff. June 24, 2022.
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