43-20-17 - Information confidential; authority to release findings of investigations into allegations of abuse. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 43-20-17. Information confidential; authority to release findings of investigations into allegations of abuse.
 

Information in the possession of the licensing agency concerning the license of individual child care facilities may be disclosed to the public, except such information shall not be disclosed in such manner as to identify children or families of children cared for at a child care facility. Nothing in this section shall affect the agency's authority to release findings of investigations into allegations of abuse pursuant to either Section 43-21-353(8) or Section 43-21-257. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7129-139; Laws,  1972, ch. 528, § 9; Laws, 1990, ch. 552, § 12; Laws, 1999, ch. 329, § 4; Laws, 2000, ch. 415, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 2000.