No. 31914 (Amendment): R547-12. Division of Juvenile Justice Services Classification of Records

DAR File No.: 31914
Filed: 09/02/2008, 08:46
Received by: NL

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

The purpose of this amendment is to add an Authority Statement to the Rule; and in response to H.B. 63 from the 2008 General Session, the agency is required to change the code citations to match the recodification of Title 63. (DAR NOTE: H.B. 63 (2008) is found at Chapter 382, Laws of Utah 2008, and was effective 05/05/2008.)

Summary of the rule or change:

The Authority Statement has been added. Additionally, the appropriate citations are changed to match the recodification.

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

Title 62A, Chapter 7, and Section 63G-2-101

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

None--The changes are for clarification.

local governments:

None--The changes are for clarification.

small businesses and persons other than businesses:

None--The changes are for clarification.

Compliance costs for affected persons:

None--The changes are for clarification.

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

None--The changes are for clarification. Lisa-Michele Church, Executive Director

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Human Services
Juvenile Justice Services
120 N 200 W
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84103-1500

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

Judy Hammer at the above address, by phone at 801-538-4098, by FAX at 801-538-4334, or by Internet E-mail at [e-mail]

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

10/15/2008

This rule may become effective on:

10/22/2008

Authorized by:

Dan Maldonado, Director

RULE TEXT

R547. Human Services, Juvenile Justice Services.

R547-12. Division of Juvenile Justice Services Classification of Records.

R547-12-1. Authority.

Section 62A-1-111 authorizes the Department of Human Services to adopt administrative rules.

 

R547-12-2. Division of Juvenile Justice Services Classification of Records.

(1) The following classification scheme applies to the youth records of the Division of Juvenile Justice Services:

(a) Medical, psychological, and psychiatric reports are classified as controlled information. Other records produced by the Division of Juvenile Justice Services or its contractors are controlled if the agency reasonably believes that releasing the information in the record would be detrimental to the subject's mental health or to the safety of any individual.

(b) Progress reports, quarterly reports, reports to the Court, Parole Board reports, and correspondence are classified as private information, as are all other records in the case file that originate with the Division.

(c) Police reports, juvenile court legal and social information, school reports, and all other documents generated by agencies other than Juvenile Justice Services shall retain the classification assigned to them by the agency from which they were received.

 

KEY: juvenile corrections

Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [1992]2008

Notice of Continuation: May 30, 2007

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 62A-7; 63G-2-101