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235A.12 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

        235A.12  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
         1.  The general assembly finds and declares that a central
      registry is required to provide a single source for the statewide
      collection, maintenance, and dissemination of child abuse
      information.  The existence of the central registry is imperative for
      increased effectiveness in dealing with the problem of child abuse.
      The general assembly also finds that vigorous protection of rights of
      individual privacy is an indispensable element of a fair and
      effective system of collecting, maintaining, and disseminating child
      abuse information.
         2.  The purposes of this section and sections 235A.13 through
      235A.24 are to facilitate the identification of victims or potential
      victims of child abuse by making available a single, statewide source
      of child abuse data; to facilitate research on child abuse by making
      available a single, statewide source of child abuse data; and to
      provide maximum safeguards against the unwarranted invasions of
      privacy which such a registry might otherwise entail.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C75, 77, 79, 81, § 235A.12] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         84 Acts, ch 1035, § 1; 2004 Acts, ch 1153, §2
         Referred to in § 232.68