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House Journal: Page 1361: Monday, April 21, 1997

32     "3.  However, if a correction of child abuse
33   information is requested under section 235A.19 and the
34   issue is not resolved at the end of the one-year
35   period, the information shall be retained until the
36   issue is resolved and if the child abuse information
37   is not determined to be founded, the information shall
38   be expunged at the appropriate time under subsection
39   2.
40     4. 3.  The registry, at least once a year,
shall
41   review and".
42     85.  By striking page 14, line 31, through page
43   15, line 3, and inserting the following:  "information
44   shall be expunged from the central registry.  Child
45   abuse information which is expunged from the central
46   registry under this subsection shall not be retained
47   by the department any longer than the time period in
48   rule for retaining information which is not placed in
49   the central registry, allowing credit for the amount
50   of time the information was held in the central

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 1   registry.  If the review".
 2     86.  By striking page 15, line 19, through page
 3   16, line 11, and inserting the following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  Section 235A.19, Code 1997, is amended
 5   to read as follows:
 6     235A.19  EXAMINATION, REQUESTS FOR CORRECTION OR
 7   EXPUNGEMENT AND APPEAL.
 8     1.  A subject of a child abuse report, as
 9   identified in section 235A.15, subsection 2, paragraph
10   "a", shall have the right to examine child abuse
11   information in the registry report data and
12   disposition data which refers to the subject.  The
13   registry department may prescribe reasonable hours
and
14   places of examination.
15     2.  a.  A subject of a child abuse report may file
16   with the department within six months of the date of
17   the notice of the results of an investigation required
18   by section 232.71, subsection 7, or an assessment
19   performed in accordance with section 232.71A, a
20   written statement to the effect that child abuse
21   information report data and disposition data
referring
22   to the subject is in whole or in part erroneous, and
23   may request a correction of that information data or
24   of the findings of the investigation or assessment
25   report.  The department shall provide the subject with
26   an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing pursuant to
27   chapter 17A to correct the information data or the
28   findings, unless the department corrects the
29   information data or findings as requested.  The
30   department shall delay the expungement of information
31   which is not determined to be founded until the

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