42 U.S.C. § 5676
Section 5676 · Confidentiality of program records
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Troutt Bros., Inc. v. Emison (1992)
Most recently applied in Troutt Bros., Inc. v. Emison (November 1992)
Except as authorized by law, program records containing the identity of individual juveniles gathered for purposes pursuant to this subchapter may not be disclosed without the consent of the service recipient or legally authorized representative, or as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter. Under no circumstances may program reports or findings available for public dissemination contain the actual names of individual service recipients.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 7296(a) of Pub. L. 100–690, set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under section 5601 of this title.