Georgia Code, Title 49, Chapter 5, Article 8 - Central Child Abuse Registry

• § 49-5-180 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Abuse investigator" means the division, any county or district department of family and children services, or...
• § 49-5-181 - Establishment of Central Registry; Function of Registry
  (a) The division shall establish and maintain a central child abuse registry which shall be known as the "Child Protective Services Information System." The...
• § 49-5-182 - Notice to Division of Substantiated Case Resulting From Investigation by Abuse Investigator; Notice of Conviction by Prosecutor; Contents of Notice
  (a) An abuse investigator who completes the investigation of a child abuse report made pursuant to Code Section 19-7-5 or otherwise and determines that...
• § 49-5-183 - Division to Update Registry Upon Notification of Substantiated Case; Notice to Alleged Abuser; Representation of Alleged Minor Child Abuser; Hearing on Expungement of Name From Registry
  (a) Upon receipt of an investigator's report of a substantiated case pursuant to subsection (a) of Code Section 49-5-182 naming an alleged child abuser,...
• § 49-5-184 - Information to Be Included in Abuse Registry Upon Notification of Child Abuse Conviction; Expungement Hearing
  (a) Upon receipt of a notice from a prosecuting attorney pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 49-5-182, the division shall include in the...
• § 49-5-185 - Access to Information in Registry; Statistical Analysis of Substantiated Cases and Convictions Entered Into Child Abuse Registry; Requests to Determine If One's Name is Included in Registry
  (a) Except as otherwise authorized in subsection (c) of this Code section and subsection (b) of Code Section 49-5-186, the only persons or entities...
• § 49-5-186 - Confidentiality of Information in Registry; Penalties for Unauthorized Use of Information
  (a) Information in the child abuse registry shall be confidential and shall not be subject to Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50...
• § 49-5-187 - Immunity From Civil or Criminal Liability
  The division and other authorized agencies, entities, and persons and the employees thereof providing information from the child abuse registry as authorized by this...

Last modified: October 14, 2016