FRIEND OF THE COURT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 294 of 1982
552.504c Information and records as confidential; disclosure; penalty; grounds for dismissal.
Sec. 4c.
(1) A citizen advisory committee, its members, and its staff shall consider as confidential a record or other information to which they have access in order to perform their functions under this act and shall properly safeguard its use and disclosure.
(2) A person listed in subsection (1) who discloses a record or other information described in subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(3) A citizen advisory committee member's unauthorized disclosure of a record or information described in subsection (1) is grounds for removal from the committee.
(4) A committee staff member's unauthorized disclosure of a record or information described in subsection (1) is grounds for dismissal.
History: Add. 1998, Act 551, Eff. Mar. 1, 1999
Popular Name: Friend of the Court
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