2006 Utah Code - 62A-4a-1008 — Timeframes for deletion of specified information or reports.

     62A-4a-1008.   Timeframes for deletion of specified information or reports.
     (1) Unless the executive director determines that there is good cause for keeping a report of abuse or neglect in the Management Information System, based on standards established by rule, the division shall delete any reference to:
     (a) a report that is without merit, if no subsequent report involving the same alleged perpetrator has occurred within one year; or
     (b) a report that is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unsubstantiated or without merit, if no subsequent report involving the same alleged perpetrator has occurred within five years.
     (2) (a) The division shall maintain a separation of reports as follows:
     (i) those that are supported;
     (ii) those that are unsupported;
     (iii) those that are without merit;
     (iv) those that are unsubstantiated under the law in effect prior to May 6, 2002;
     (v) those that are substantiated under the law in effect prior to May 6, 2002; and
     (vi) those that are consented-to supported findings under Subsection 62A-4a-1005(3)(a)(iii).
     (b) Only persons with statutory authority have access to information contained in any of the reports identified in Subsection (2)(a).

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 77, 2006 General Session