SECTION 377:10-1-7. Confidential records  


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  • (a)   The Oklahoma Juvenile Code at 10A O.S., § 2-6-102, as amended provides for the confidentiality of the following records relating to juveniles:
    (1)   juvenile court records;
    (2)   agency records;
    (3)   district attorneys' records;
    (4)   law enforcement records;
    (5)   nondirectory education records; and
    (6)   social records.
    (b)   "Record" includes, but is not limited to:
    (1)   written or printed documents;
    (2)   papers;
    (3)   logs;
    (4)   reports;
    (5)   files;
    (6)   case notes;
    (7)   films;
    (8)   photographs;
    (9)   audio or visual tape recordings pertaining to a juvenile proceeding or a juvenile; and
    (10)   information entered into and maintained in an automated or computerized information system (10A O.S., § 2-6-101 as amended).
    (c)   The records listed in (a) of this Section are confidential and may not be open to the general public or inspected, or their contents disclosed except as provided by state or federal law. In all other cases, confidential records may only be inspected or disclosed pursuant to an order of the Court (10A O.S., § 2-6-101, as amended).
[Source: Added at 14 Ok Reg 1864, eff 6-2-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 3628, eff 6-1-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2969, eff 7-12-99; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1993, eff 7-15-11]