Pennsylvania Title 23, Section 4376, establishes restrictions on the use of records maintained in the Central Registry. These records are only accessible to specified government agencies involved in welfare, legal, or support-related activities and only for their intended purposes. The law aims to protect the confidentiality of sensitive information within the registry.
Records are accessible only to certain government agencies including welfare offices, district attorneys, probation departments, domestic relations sections, federal agencies, and courts involved in support or abandonment cases.
The records can only be used for the specific purposes for which they were established, such as support enforcement, legal proceedings, or welfare activities.
No, the records are strictly limited to designated government agencies and are not accessible to the general public to protect privacy.
Yes, agencies from other states conducting activities under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act can also access these records for relevant support or legal purposes.