30:6-1.3 - Use of report - New Jersey Statutes

30:6-1.3.    Use of report
    The confidential reports made pursuant to this act shall not be included under materials available to public inspection pursuant to P.L.  1963, c. 73 (C. 47:1A-1 et seq.).  The reports shall be used only by the commission and other agencies that may be designated by the Commissioner of Human Services and shall not otherwise be divulged or made public so as to disclose the identity of any person to whom they relate, except insofar as:

   a.   The individual identified or his legal guardian, if any, or if he is a minor, his parent or legal guardian, consents to the disclosure; or

   b.   A court, upon making a determination that disclosure is necessary for the conduct of proceedings before it and that failure to make the disclosure would be contrary to the public interest, orders the disclosure.

   L.  1986, c. 147, s. 5, eff. Nov. 13, 1986.