Each child welfare agency shall keep and provide records regarding each child in its control and care to the Department of Social Services as the department may require. All records regarding children and all facts learned about children and their parents or relatives are confidential.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 43.0319; SL 1939, ch 168, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 57.3709; SL 2014, ch 129, § 1.