Dissemination of registry information.
[18-8324, added 1998, ch. 411, sec. 2, p. 1289; am. 2003, ch. 28, sec. 1, p. 101; am. 2005, ch. 115, sec. 1, p. 371; am. 2006, ch. 35, sec. 1, p. 98; am. 2011, ch. 311, sec. 23, p. 899.]
(1) The department shall, within three (3) business days, disseminate any registration information collected under this chapter, including any changes in registry information, to:
- (a) The attorney general of the United States for inclusion in the national sex offender registry or other appropriate databases;
- (b) Each school and public housing agency in each area in which the offender resides, is an employee or is a student;
- (c) Each jurisdiction where the sexual offender resides, is an employee or is a student and each jurisdiction from or to which a change of residence, employment or student status occurs;
- (d) Criminal justice agencies through the public safety and security information system established in section 19-5202, Idaho Code;
- (e) Any agency responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under section 3 of the national child protection act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. section 5119a;
- (f) Social service entities responsible for protecting minors in the child welfare system;
- (g) Volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or other vulnerable adults might occur; and
- (h) Any organization, company or individual who requests notification of changes in registry information.
- (2) Registry information provided under this section shall be used only for the administration of criminal justice or for the protection of the public as permitted by this chapter.
- (3) The department shall include a cautionary statement relating to completeness, accuracy and use of registry information when releasing information to the public or noncriminal justice agencies as well as a statement concerning the penalties provided in section 18-8326, Idaho Code, for misuse of registry information.
- (4) Information released pursuant to this section may be used only for the protection of the public.
- (5) Further dissemination of registry information by any person or entity shall include the cautionary statements required in subsection (3) of this section.
[18-8324, added 1998, ch. 411, sec. 2, p. 1289; am. 2003, ch. 28, sec. 1, p. 101; am. 2005, ch. 115, sec. 1, p. 371; am. 2006, ch. 35, sec. 1, p. 98; am. 2011, ch. 311, sec. 23, p. 899.]