North Dakota Code 44-04-18.30 – Identity of reporter to social services agency – Exempt records
1. For purposes of this section:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 44-04-18.30
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- 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.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
a. “Human services” means services provided to an individual or an individual’s family in need of services to assist the individual or the individual’s family in achieving and maintaining basic self-sufficiency, including physical health, mental health, education, welfare, food and nutrition, and housing; and
b. “Public social services agency” means a state, county, or local public agency that provides human services, and includes regional human service centers, county social services boards, multicounty social services districts, and the department of health and human services.
2. The name, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, or other record that reasonably could be used to identify an individual who provided information to a public social service agency is an exempt record if:
a. The information relates to a matter involving human services over which the agency has regulatory jurisdiction; and
b. The agency determines the individual had a good-faith belief the information related to a possible violation of law when the individual provided it to the agency.