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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Meetings.--A death review team meeting shall be closed to the public and information discussed at the meeting shall be confidential.
(b) Records.--
(1) The proceedings, records and information maintained by and shared with a death review team may not be:
(i) Disclosed under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L. 6, No. 3), 1 known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(ii) Subject to discovery, subpoena or introduction into evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding.
(2) Information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a meeting of a death review team may not be subject to subpoena or discovery or admissible in evidence in a civil or criminal action. Nothing under this subsection shall be construed to prevent a member of a death review team from testifying in a criminal or civil proceeding to information obtained independently of participation in the death review team or to information which is publicly available.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 557.6. Confidentiality of death review team records and meetings (Adm. Code § 2133) - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-71-ps-state-government/pa-st-sect-71-557-6/
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