§ 56-530.6. Investigations, examinations, and inspections - Authority of state agencies - Confidentiality.

A.  The Department of Human Services shall have authority at any reasonable time to investigate and examine the conditions of any home which receives and cares for mentally retarded or developmentally disabled adults.  The Department shall have authority at any time to require the home to provide information pertaining to mentally retarded or developmentally disabled adults in its care.

B.  The State Department of Health may visit any home at the request of the Department to advise on matters affecting the health of mentally retarded or developmentally disabled adults and to inspect the sanitation of the buildings used for their care.

C.  The State Bureau of Investigation and the State Fire Marshal shall visit any home at the request of the Department to advise on matters affecting the safety of mentally retarded or developmentally disabled adults and to inspect the condition of the buildings in which their care is provided.

D.  Information obtained by the Department from any home regarding mentally retarded or developmentally disabled adults shall be deemed confidential, and shall be properly safeguarded, and shall not be accessible to anyone except as herein provided unless upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 159, § 11, eff. July 1, 1993.