Confidentiality of death review team records and meetings

Act 175 of 1929, § 2133, under THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929.

Act 175 of 1929, § 2133

Section 2133. Confidentiality of death review team records and meetings.

(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), 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.

(2133 added Nov. 3, 2022, P.L.1654, No.101)