(a) The department shall maintain a child protection registry of all investigation reports, including substantiated findings under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.10 or Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.17. .

Attorney's Note

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class B misdemeanorup to 90 daysup to $2,000
For details, see Alaska Stat. § 12.55.135
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 47.17.040

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) Investigation reports and reports of harm filed under this chapter are considered confidential and are not subject to public inspection and copying under Alaska Stat. § 40.25.110 and 40.25.120. However, in accordance with department regulations, investigation reports, including substantiated findings under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.10 or Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.17, may be used by appropriate governmental agencies with child-protection functions, inside and outside the state, in connection with investigations or judicial proceedings involving child abuse, neglect, or custody and in conjunction with licensing action under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.32 or a similar statute in another state. A person not acting in accordance with department regulations who, with criminal negligence, makes public information contained in confidential reports is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c) Before a substantiated finding may be placed on the child protection registry and provided as part of a civil history check under Alaska Stat. § 47.05.325, the department shall provide the applicant notice of the finding and an opportunity to appeal the finding. The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
(d) In this section, “governmental agency” includes a tribe or tribal organization conducting child protection functions and a school district.
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