Sec. 9. The head of a law enforcement agency may grant any person involved in a legitimate research activity access to the agency's confidential records if:
(1) the person conducting the research provides written information about:
(A) the purpose of the person's project, including any intent to publish the person's findings;
(B) the nature of the data the person seeks to collect and how the person intends to analyze the data;
(C) the records the person seeks to review; and
(D) the safeguards the person will take to protect the identity of the persons whose records will be reviewed;
(2) the proposed safeguards are adequate to protect the identity of each person whose records the researcher will review;
(3) the agency informs the researcher of the provisions of this section including the criminal liability of a person who recklessly fails to protect the records; and
(4) an agreement is executed between the agency and the person responsible for the research that specifies the terms of the researcher's use of the records.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-8-1.2(d).]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.22.
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