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Code · South Carolina · Title 17 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURES · CHAPTER 25 · Judgment and Execution

§ 63-7-20. HISTORY: 1997 Act No.

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§ 63-7-20. HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 132, SECTION 1.
Editor's Note
1997 Act No. 132, SECTION 10, provides as follows:
"SECTION 10.
(A)The data system which constituted the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect prior to the effective date of this statute shall be incorporated into the statewide data systems of the department provided for in Section 20-7-680(A).
"(B) Except as provided in subsection (C), information concerning perpetrators listed in the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect prior to the effective date of this act must be placed in the modified Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect created by Subarticle 7, Article 7, Chapter 7, Title 20 of the 1976 Code if there has been an affirmative determination that the perpetrator physically or sexually abused the child or wilfully or recklessly neglected the child.
"(C) Information concerning all cases indicated before January 1, 1993, shall be placed in the modified Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect created by Subarticle 7, Article 7, Chapter 7, Title 20 of the 1976 Code. At such time as the department receives a request for information concerning a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in a case indicated prior to January 1, 1993, the department must review the records of the case. Information concerning the case may be released to the party requesting the information only if
(1)the case was indicated for physical or sexual abuse or wilful or reckless neglect and
(2)the department's determination that the perpetrator abused or neglected the child was confirmed by a finding in family court or an administrative fair hearing, or the subject of the report waived the opportunity for a family court determination or for an administrative review. Upon request of a person identified in the record as a perpetrator, the department may review records of cases indicated before January 1, 1993, and may decide whether confirmation or waiver occurred, whether the department should redesignate the person's status, or whether the department should provide a hearing pursuant to
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