135.111 - CONFIDENTIALITY OF DOMESTIC ABUSE DEATH RECORDS.

        135.111  CONFIDENTIALITY OF DOMESTIC ABUSE DEATH
      RECORDS.
         1.  A person in possession or control of medical, investigative,
      or other information pertaining to a domestic abuse death and related
      incidents and events preceding the domestic abuse death, shall allow
      for the inspection and review of written or photographic information
      related to the death, whether the information is confidential or
      public in nature, by the department upon the request of the
      department and the team, to be used only in the administration and
      for the official duties of the team.  Information and records
      produced under this section that are confidential under the law of
      this state or under federal law, or because of any legally recognized
      privilege, and information or records received from the confidential
      records, remain confidential under this section.
         2.  A person does not incur legal liability by reason of releasing
      information to the department as required under and in compliance
      with this section.
         3.  A person who releases or discloses confidential data, records,
      or any other type of information in violation of this section is
      guilty of a serious misdemeanor.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2000 Acts, ch 1136, §4
         Referred to in § 135.112