(1) The social investigation, psychological and medical records of any juvenile offender shall be privileged and shall not be disclosed except:
         (a) upon the written consent of the former juvenile
    
or, if the juvenile offender is under 18 years of age, by the parent of the juvenile; or
        (b) upon a determination by the head of the treatment
    
facility, who has the records, that disclosure to another individual or facility providing treatment to the minor is necessary for the further treatment of the juvenile offender; or
        (c) when any court having jurisdiction of the
    
juvenile offender orders disclosure; or
        (d) when requested by any attorney representing the
    
juvenile offender, but the records shall not be further disclosed by the attorney unless approved by the court or presented as admissible evidence; or
        (e) upon a written request of a juvenile probation
    
officer in regard to an alleged juvenile offender when the information is needed for screening and assessment purposes, for preparation of a social investigation or presentence investigation, or placement decisions; but the records shall not be further disclosed by the probation officer unless approved by the court; or
        (f) when the State‘s Attorney requests a copy of the
    
social investigation for use at a sentencing hearing or upon written request of the State’s Attorney for psychological or medical records when the minor contests the minor’s fitness for trial or relies on an affirmative defense of intoxication or insanity.
    (2) Willful violation of this Section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the Illinois Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $1,500
For details, see § Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-65
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 405/5-910

  • Court: means the circuit court in a session or
    
division assigned to hear proceedings under this Act, and includes the term Juvenile Court. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 405/5-105
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Minor: means a person under the age of 21 years
    •     
    subject to this Act. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 405/5-105
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Sentencing hearing: means a hearing to
    •     
    determine whether a minor should be adjudged a ward of the court, and to determine what sentence should be imposed on the minor. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 405/5-105
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

    •      (3) Nothing in this Section shall operate to extinguish any rights of a juvenile offender established by attorney-client, physician-patient, psychologist-client or social worker-client privileges except as otherwise provided by law.
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