Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2221.Fingerprints and photographs.(a) Fingerprints or photographs of a person alleged oradjudicated to be a childin need of care may be taken:
(1) By a person authorized to investigate an allegation or suspicion ofchild abuse or neglectto obtain and preserve evidence or to determine the identity of a child;
(2) as authorized by K.S.A. 38-1611, and amendments thereto; or
(3) if authorized by a judge of the district court having jurisdiction.
(b) Fingerprints and photographs taken under subsection (a) (3): (1) Shall bekept separatefrom those of persons of the age of majority; and
(2) may be sent to a state or federal repository only if authorized by ajudge of the district court having jurisdiction.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude the custodian of the child fromauthorizingphotographs or fingerprints of the child to:
(1) Be used in any action under the Kansas parentage act;
(2) assist in the apprehension of a runaway child;
(3) assist in the adoption or other permanent placement of a child; or
(4) provide the child or the child's parents with a history of the child'slife and development.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term photograph means an image orlikeness of a child made or reproduced by any medium or means.
Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2221.Fingerprints and photographs.(a) Fingerprints or photographs of a person alleged oradjudicated to be a childin need of care may be taken:
(1) By a person authorized to investigate an allegation or suspicion ofchild abuse or neglectto obtain and preserve evidence or to determine the identity of a child;
(2) as authorized by K.S.A. 38-1611, and amendments thereto; or
(3) if authorized by a judge of the district court having jurisdiction.
(b) Fingerprints and photographs taken under subsection (a) (3): (1) Shall bekept separatefrom those of persons of the age of majority; and
(2) may be sent to a state or federal repository only if authorized by ajudge of the district court having jurisdiction.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude the custodian of the child fromauthorizingphotographs or fingerprints of the child to:
(1) Be used in any action under the Kansas parentage act;
(2) assist in the apprehension of a runaway child;
(3) assist in the adoption or other permanent placement of a child; or
(4) provide the child or the child's parents with a history of the child'slife and development.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term photograph means an image orlikeness of a child made or reproduced by any medium or means.
Article 22.--REVISED KANSAS CODE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN
38-2221.Fingerprints and photographs.(a) Fingerprints or photographs of a person alleged oradjudicated to be a childin need of care may be taken:
(1) By a person authorized to investigate an allegation or suspicion ofchild abuse or neglectto obtain and preserve evidence or to determine the identity of a child;
(2) as authorized by K.S.A. 38-1611, and amendments thereto; or
(3) if authorized by a judge of the district court having jurisdiction.
(b) Fingerprints and photographs taken under subsection (a) (3): (1) Shall bekept separatefrom those of persons of the age of majority; and
(2) may be sent to a state or federal repository only if authorized by ajudge of the district court having jurisdiction.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude the custodian of the child fromauthorizingphotographs or fingerprints of the child to:
(1) Be used in any action under the Kansas parentage act;
(2) assist in the apprehension of a runaway child;
(3) assist in the adoption or other permanent placement of a child; or
(4) provide the child or the child's parents with a history of the child'slife and development.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term photograph means an image orlikeness of a child made or reproduced by any medium or means.
