The department shall perform all of the following duties:
1. Develop and disseminate standard forms for use in registering of, verifying addresses of, and verifying understanding of registration requirements by persons required to register under this chapter. Forms used to verify addresses of persons required to register under this chapter shall contain a warning against forwarding of the forms and of the requirement to return the forms if the person to whom the form is directed no longer resides at the address listed on the form or the mailing.
2. Maintain a central registry of information collected from persons required to register under this chapter, which shall be known as the sex offender registry.
3. In consultation with the attorney general, adopt rules under chapter 17A which list specific offenses under present and former law which constitute criminal offenses against a minor under this chapter.
4. Adopt rules under chapter 17A, as necessary, to ensure compliance with registration and verification requirements of this chapter, to provide guidelines for persons required to assist in obtaining registry information, and to provide a procedure for the dissemination of information contained in the registry. The procedure for the dissemination of information shall include, but not be limited to, practical guidelines for use by criminal or juvenile justice agencies in determining when public release of information contained in the registry is appropriate and a requirement that if a member of the general public requests information regarding a specific individual in the manner provided in section 692A.13, subsection 6, the information shall be released. The department, in developing the procedure, shall consult with associations which represent the interests of law enforcement officers. Rules adopted shall also include a procedure for removal of information from the registry upon the reversal or setting aside of a conviction of a person who is registered under this chapter.
95 Acts, ch 146, §10; 96 Acts, ch 1034, § 59
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