§ 14-3-213 — Central registry of child protection cases; establishment; operation; amendment, expungement or removal of records; classification and expungement of reports; statement of person accused

(a) The state agency shall establish and maintain a record
of all child protection reports and a central registry of "under
investigation" or "substantiated" child protection reports in
accordance with W.S. 42-2-111.
(b) Through the recording of reports, the state agency's
recordkeeping system shall be operated to enable the state
agency to:
(i) Immediately identify and locate prior reports of
cases of child abuse or neglect to assist in the diagnosis of
suspicious circumstances and the assessment of the needs of the
child and his family;
(ii) Continuously monitor the current status of all
pending child protection cases;
(iii) Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of
existing laws and programs through the development and analysis
of statistical and other information; and
(iv) Maintain a central registry of "under
investigation" reports and "substantiated" reports of child
abuse or neglect for provision of information to qualifying
applicants pursuant to W.S. 14-3-214(f).
(c) Upon good cause shown and upon notice to the subject
of an "under investigation" or "substantiated" report, the state
agency may list, amend, expunge or remove any record from the
central registry in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the state agency.
(d) All reports of child abuse or neglect contained within
the central registry shall be classified in one (1) of the
following categories:
(i) "Under investigation"; or
(ii) "Substantiated".
(iii) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 23, § 2.
(e) Within six (6) months all reports classified as "under
investigation" shall be reclassified as "substantiated" or
expunged from the central registry, unless the state agency is
notified of an open criminal investigation or criminal
prosecution. Unsubstantiated reports shall not be contained
within the central registry.
(f) Any person named as a perpetrator of child abuse or
neglect in any report maintained in the central registry which
is classified as a substantiated report as defined in W.S.
14-3-202(a)(xi) shall have the right to have included in the
report his statement concerning the incident giving rise to the
report. Any person seeking to include a statement pursuant to
this subsection shall provide the state agency with the
statement. The state agency shall provide notice to any person
identified as a perpetrator of his right to submit his statement
in any report maintained in the central registry.
(g) Conviction of a person under W.S. 6-2-502(a)(v) when
the victim is a minor shall be included as a substantiated
report of child abuse in the central registry under this
section.