§1923. Restrictions on use of records

A. With respect to any child for whom care and treatment services are either directly or indirectly provided by the department pursuant to this Chapter to a child alleged or found to be delinquent or in need of supervision, it shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of this Chapter or upon the consent of such child or the attorney for such child, or upon the specific order of the court pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 875 and R.S. 13:1564 through R.S. 13:1724, both inclusive, for any individual agency, organization, or facility to knowingly solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of, or authorize, permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any information in or derived from such child's legal, social, medical, or psychological records, or obtained, directly or indirectly, from the records, papers, files, or communication by or to the department or any individual, agency, organization, or facility utilized by the department for the provision of such care and treatment services for such child.

B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the interchange of records, reports, or any other information among the various offices of the department and among the various personnel thereof. Additionally, nothing in this Section shall prohibit any judge serving on a court with juvenile jurisdiction from access to all of the records of any child before that court.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 558, §1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1974. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1984, No. 567, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1988, No. 607, §2, eff. July 14, 1988.