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§ 501-c. Confidentiality. 1.
(a)Records or files of youths kept by the\ndivision for youth shall be deemed confidential and shall be safeguarded\nfrom coming to the knowledge of and from inspection or examination by\nany person other than one authorized to receive such knowledge or to\nmake such inspection or examination:
(i)by the division pursuant to its\nregulations;
(ii)or by a judge of the court of claims when such records\nare required for the trial of a claim or other proceeding in such court;\nor (iii) by a federal court judge or magistrate, a justice of the\nsupreme court, a judge of the county court or family court, or a grand\njury when such records are required for a trial or proceeding in such\ncourt or grand jury. No person shall divulge the information thus\nobtained wit
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§ 501-c. Confidentiality. 1.(a) Records or files of youths kept by the\ndivision for youth shall be deemed confidential and shall be safeguarded\nfrom coming to the knowledge of and from inspection or examination by\nany person other than one authorized to receive such knowledge or to\nmake such inspection or examination: (i) by the division pursuant to its\nregulations; (ii) or by a judge of the court of claims when such records\nare required for the trial of a claim or other proceeding in such court;\nor (iii) by a federal court judge or magistrate, a justice of the\nsupreme court, a judge of the county court or family court, or a grand\njury when such records are required for a trial or proceeding in such\ncourt or grand jury. No person shall divulge the information thus\nobtained without authorization to do so by the division, or by such\njustice, judge or grand jury.\n (b) The division shall not release information which would reasonably\nidentify such youth as ever being in the custody of the division, except\nas provided in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.\n (c) Nothing in this subdivision shall limit a person's or agency's\nresponsibility or authority to report suspected child abuse or\nmaltreatment pursuant to title six of article six of the social services\nlaw.\n (d) Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to prevent access by a\nparent or legal guardian of a youth to records or files of such youth\nwhere access is otherwise specifically authorized by law.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the official\ncase records produced and maintained by the division shall be made\navailable to a probation department, upon written request, where an\norder of the court has been issued directing such department to conduct\nan investigation pursuant to the provisions of sections 390.20 and\n720.20 of the criminal procedure law and section 351.1 of the family\ncourt act. Any written requests for records shall be accompanied by a\ncopy of the court order and shall request only a copy of the youth's\nofficial case record. The division shall be granted a minimum of ten\ndays to produce such records. The division shall be required to forward\nonly records less than three years old in its possession, or copies\nthereof, relating to a youth less than twenty-one years of age at the\ntime of the request. The division may impose a fee upon a probation\ndepartment for its costs in photocopying records provided under this\nsubdivision. A probation department shall retain copies of records\nreceived or information obtained therein under the same conditions of\nconfidentiality that apply to the investigation and any report on the\ninvestigation which was the basis for obtaining such records.\n