Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-6-106

Affairs records without court order.

A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs agency records pertaining to

a child which are confidential may be inspected and their contents

disclosed without a court order to the following persons upon

showing of proper credentials:

1. The judge having the child currently before the court in any

proceeding pursuant to this title, any judge of the district court

or tribal court to which any proceedings may be transferred;

2. Employees and officers of the court in the performance of

their duties, including but not limited to guardians ad litem

appointed by the court, and members of review boards established

pursuant to the Oklahoma Children's Code;

3. A district attorney and the employees of an office of a

district attorney in the course of their official duties pursuant to

this title or the prosecution of crimes against children, including

providing summary dispositional and placement information to the

victim of the delinquent acts of the child;

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4. The attorney representing a child who is the subject of a

juvenile proceeding pursuant to the provisions of this title. The

attorney representing a child or an attorney considering

representing a child in a juvenile proceeding may access other

confidential records listed in subsection A of Section 2-6-102 of

this title for use in the legal representation of the child;

5. Employees of juvenile bureaus in the course of their

official duties;

6. Employees of a law enforcement agency of this or another

state and employees of a child protective service of another state

or any federally recognized Indian tribe member in the course of

their official duties pertaining to investigations of a report of

known or suspected child abuse or neglect or crimes against children

or for the purpose of determining whether to place a child in

protective custody;

7. Employees of a law enforcement agency in the course of their

official duties pertaining to the investigation of a crime committed

or alleged to have been committed by a person under eighteen (18)

years of age. Records or information disclosed pursuant to this

paragraph may consist of summaries or may be limited to the

information or records necessary for the purpose of the

investigation;

8. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth;

9. The Department of Human Services;

10. Any public or private agency or person authorized by the

Office of Juvenile Affairs to diagnose, or provide care, treatment,

supervision or other services to a child who is the subject of a

report or record of delinquency, child abuse or neglect, or other

adjudicatory category, provided the Office may limit the disclosure

to summaries or to information directly necessary for the purpose of

the disclosure;

11. Any federally recognized Indian tribe or state or county

child protective services or child welfare agency providing for or

supervising the diagnosis, care, treatment, supervision or other

services provided such child;

12. The parents of the child who is the subject of any records;

13. The child upon attaining eighteen (18) years of age or upon

the termination of court jurisdiction of the case, whichever occurs

later;

14. Any person or agency for research purposes, if all of the

following conditions are met:

a. the person or agency conducting the research is

employed by the State of Oklahoma or is under contract

with this state and is authorized by the Office of

Juvenile Affairs to conduct the research, and

b. the person or agency conducting the research ensures

that all documents containing identifying information

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are maintained in secure locations and access to any

documents by unauthorized persons is prohibited; that

no identifying information is included in documents

generated from the research conducted; and that all
, and

b. the person or agency conducting the research ensures

that all documents containing identifying information

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are maintained in secure locations and access to any

documents by unauthorized persons is prohibited; that

no identifying information is included in documents

generated from the research conducted; and that all

identifying information is deleted from documents used

in the research when the research is completed;

15. The Governor or to any person the Governor designates, in

writing;

16. Any federal official of the United States Department of

Health and Human Services, the United States Social Security

Administration, the United States Department of Justice, the United

States Department of Homeland Security, or any employee of the

United States Probation Office;

17. Any member of the Legislature, upon the written approval of

the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate;

18. Employees of the Department of Corrections in the course of

their official duties; and

19. Employees of the Department of Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Services in the course of their official duties.

B. Records and their contents disclosed without an order of the

court as provided by the provisions of this section shall remain

confidential. The use of any information shall be limited to the

purposes for which disclosure is authorized. It shall be unlawful

for any person to furnish any confidential record or disclose any

confidential information contained in any juvenile record for

commercial, political or any other unauthorized purpose. Any person

violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be

guilty of a misdemeanor.