Arizona Revised Statutes Title 8. Child Safety § 8-291.06. Privilege against self-incrimination; sealed reports

A. The privilege against self-incrimination applies to any examination or to any statement that is made to restoration personnel during the course and scope of a court ordered restoration program.

B. Any evidence or statement that is obtained during an examination or any evidence or statement that is made to restoration personnel during the course and scope of a restoration program is not admissible in any proceeding to determine the juvenile's guilt or innocence unless the juvenile presents evidence that is intended to rebut the presumption of sanity.

C. Any statement that a juvenile makes during any examination, any statement that a juvenile makes to restoration personnel during the course and scope of a restoration program or any evidence resulting from the statement concerning any other event or transaction is not admissible in any proceeding to determine the juvenile's guilt or innocence of any other charges that are based on those events or transactions.

D. Any statement that the juvenile makes during an examination, any part of the evaluations that is obtained during an examination or any statements that the juvenile makes to restoration personnel during the course and scope of a restoration program may not be used for any purpose without either:

E. After an admission or adjudication of delinquency or after the juvenile is found to be unable to be restored to competence, the court shall order all of the reports that are submitted pursuant to this article to be sealed. The court may order that the reports be opened only as follows:

F. If the court orders reports to be open for the purposes of statistical analysis, data gathering or scientific study pursuant to subsection E of this section, the reports shall be anonymous.

G. Any statement that a juvenile makes during an examination, any statement that a juvenile makes to restoration personnel during the course and scope of a restoration program or any evidence resulting from that statement is not subject to disclosure pursuant to § 36-509.