Colorado § 19-3.3-103.5 Office of the child protection ombudsman - confidentiality

Colorado Statutes

§ 19-3.3-103.5 — Office of the child protection ombudsman - confidentiality

Colorado § 19-3.3-103.5

Title 19Children's

Art.Office of the Child Protection Ombudsman

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-3.3-103.5 (2026).

Text

(1)The ombudsman, employees of the office, and any person acting on behalf of the office shall comply with all state and federal confidentiality laws that govern the department of early childhood, the state department, or a county department with respect to the treatment of confidential information or records and the disclosure of such information and records.

(2)(a) The office shall treat all complaints received pursuant to section 19-3.3-103 (1)(a) as confidential, including the identities of complainants and individuals from whom information is acquired; except that disclosures may be permitted if the ombudsman deems it necessary to enable the ombudsman to perform the ombudsman's duties and to support any recommendations resulting from an investigation.

(b)Records relating

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(1) The ombudsman, employees of the office, and any person acting on behalf of
the office shall comply with all state and federal confidentiality laws that govern
the department of early childhood, the state department, or a county department
with respect to the treatment of confidential information or records and the
disclosure of such information and records.

(2) (a) The office shall treat all complaints received pursuant to section 19-3.3-103 (1)(a) as confidential, including the identities of complainants and
individuals from whom information is acquired; except that disclosures may be
permitted if the ombudsman deems it necessary to enable the ombudsman to
perform the ombudsman's duties and to support any recommendations resulting
from an investigation.

(b) Records relating to complaints received by the office and the
investigation of complaints are exempt from public disclosure pursuant to article
72 of title 24.

(c) The ombudsman and any employee or person acting on behalf of the
ombudsman shall not be compelled to provide oral and written testimony in a civil
or criminal proceeding in which the ombudsman is not a legal party. Information,
records, or documents requested and reviewed by the ombudsman pursuant to this
section are not subject to a subpoena issued to the ombudsman, discovery from the
ombudsman, or introduction into evidence through the ombudsman in a civil or
criminal proceeding in which the ombudsman is not a legal party. Nothing in this
subsection (2)(a) restricts or limits the right to discover or use in a civil or criminal
action evidence that is discoverable independent of the proceedings of the
ombudsman.