45-33-36 - Duty of Department of Public Safety to provide sex offender registration information.
§ 45-33-36. Duty of Department of Public Safety to provide sex offender registration information.
(1) Upon receipt of sex offender registration or change of registration information, the Department of Public Safety shall immediately provide the information to:
(a) The National Sex Offender Registry or other appropriate databases;
(b) The sheriff of the county where the offender resides, is an employee or is a student;
(c) The sheriff of the county from which or to which a change of residence, employment or student status occurs; and
(d) The Department of Human Services.
(2) The Department of Public Safety shall also provide the information within five (5) business days to volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or vulnerable adults might occur and any organization, company or individual who requests such notification pursuant to procedures established by the Department of Public Safety. This provision shall take effect upon the state's receipt and implementation of the Department of Justice software in compliance with the provisions of the Adam Walsh Act.
Sources: Laws, 2007, ch. 392, § 17, eff from and after July 1, 2007.