Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 47.17.040 (2026)
Child protection registry; confidentiality
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Sec. 47.17.040. Child protection registry; confidentiality.
(a) The department shall maintain a child protection registry of all investigation reports, including substantiated findings under AS 47.10 or AS 47.17.
(b) Investigation reports and reports of harm filed under this chapter are considered confidential and are not subject to public inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 and 40.25.120. However, in accordance with department regulations, investigation reports, including substantiated findings under AS 47.10 or AS 47.17, may be used by appropriate governmental agencies with child-protection functions, inside and outside the state, in connection with investigations or judicial proceedings involving child abuse, neglect, or custody and in conjunction with licensing action under AS 47.32 or a similar statute in another state. A person not acting in accordance with department regulations who, with criminal negligence, makes public information contained in confidential reports is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c) Before a substantiated finding may be placed on the child protection registry and provided as part of a civil history check under AS 47.05.325, the department shall provide the applicant notice of the finding and an opportunity to appeal the finding. The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
(d) In this section, “governmental agency” includes a tribe or tribal organization conducting child protection functions and a school district.
(a) The department shall maintain a child protection registry of all investigation reports, including substantiated findings under AS 47.10 or AS 47.17.
(b) Investigation reports and reports of harm filed under this chapter are considered confidential and are not subject to public inspection and copying under AS 40.25.110 and 40.25.120. However, in accordance with department regulations, investigation reports, including substantiated findings under AS 47.10 or AS 47.17, may be used by appropriate governmental agencies with child-protection functions, inside and outside the state, in connection with investigations or judicial proceedings involving child abuse, neglect, or custody and in conjunction with licensing action under AS 47.32 or a similar statute in another state. A person not acting in accordance with department regulations who, with criminal negligence, makes public information contained in confidential reports is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(c) Before a substantiated finding may be placed on the child protection registry and provided as part of a civil history check under AS 47.05.325, the department shall provide the applicant notice of the finding and an opportunity to appeal the finding. The department shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
(d) In this section, “governmental agency” includes a tribe or tribal organization conducting child protection functions and a school district.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2022 · leading case: Nelson v. Jones, 787 P.2d 1031 (Alaska 1990).
Nelson v. Jones, 787 P.2d 1031 (Alaska 1990). “that this privilege was not waived by the GAL’s consent in the divorce and Child In Need of Aid proceedings to the use of this evidence in those proceedings; 3.”
State v. R.H., 683 P.2d 269 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984). “AS 47.17.040. Therefore, such a privilege might extend to *274 statements made during a psychological evaluation ordered by the children's court in a child protection case where sexual abuse is suspected.”
State v. RH, 683 P.2d 269 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984). “AS 47.17.040. Therefore, such a privilege might extend to statements made during a psychological evaluation ordered by the children's court in a child protection case where sexual abuse is suspected.”
Ronald Starkey v. Greg Lowery, Dist. Attorney of Wise Cnty., Texas (Tex. App. 2022). “, Alaska Stat. Ann. § 47.17.040 (b) (West 2021) (shielding child protection “[i]nvestigation reports and reports of harm” from public disclosure); Fla.”
— Alaska Stat. § 47.17.040(b) — 3 cases
Nelson v. Jones, 787 P.2d 1031 (Alaska 1990). “that this privilege was not waived by the GAL’s consent in the divorce and Child In Need of Aid proceedings to the use of this evidence in those proceedings; 3.”
State v. R.H., 683 P.2d 269 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984). “AS 47.17.040. Therefore, such a privilege might extend to *274 statements made during a psychological evaluation ordered by the children's court in a child protection case where sexual abuse is suspected.”
State v. RH, 683 P.2d 269 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984). “AS 47.17.040. Therefore, such a privilege might extend to statements made during a psychological evaluation ordered by the children's court in a child protection case where sexual abuse is suspected.”
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