WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 693

750A.

(A)     EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE, NO RECORD MAY BE
MAINTAINED OR DISSEMINATED IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF § 3-828 OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE.

(B)     NOTWITHSTANDING § 3-828(A) OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE, A REPORTABLE EVENT DESCRIBED UNDER § 747(A)(21) OF
THIS SUBTITLE AND FINGERPRINTING OF A CHILD REQUIRED UNDER § 747A OF THIS
SUBTITLE NEED NOT BE MAINTAINED SEPARATE AND APART FROM THOSE OF
ADULTS.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-828.

(b) (1) A court record pertaining to a child is confidential and its contents may
not be divulged, by subpoena or otherwise, except by order of the court upon good cause
shown.

(2)     This subsection does not prohibit access to and the use of the court
record OR FINGERPRINTS OF A CHILD DESCRIBED UNDER THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
INFORMATION SYSTEM SUBTITLE OF ARTICLE 27 OF THE CODE in a proceeding in the
court involving the child, by personnel of the court, the State's Attorney, counsel for the
child, a court-appointed special advocate for the child, or authorized personnel of the
Department of Juvenile Services, or, in a proceeding involving a child alleged to be in
need of assistance, by authorized personnel of the Social Services Administration and
local departments of social services of the Department of Human Resources in order to
conduct a child abuse or neglect investigation or to comply with requirements imposed
under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

(3)      Information obtained from a juvenile court record by authorized
personnel of the Department of Human Resources under paragraph (2) of this subsection
is subject to the provisions of Article 88A, § 6 of the Code.

(4)      (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT ACCESS TO AND
CONFIDENTIAL USE OF THE COURT RECORD OR FINGERPRINTS OF A CHILD
DESCRIBED UNDER THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM SUBTITLE OF
ARTICLE 27 OF THE CODE IN AN INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION BY A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

(II) THE COURT RECORD OR FINGERPRINTS OF A CHILD
DESCRIBED UNDER ARTICLE 27, §§ 747(A)(21) AND 747A OF THE CODE MAY NOT BE
DISCLOSED TO:

1. A FEDERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY OR
INFORMATION CENTER; OR

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