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Dear Chief Doyle:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to the validity of an ordinance governing the method of reporting suspected acts of abuse against children, the elderly and/or infirm. You state as follows:

The Ordinance prohibits discussing the facts surrounding the investigations of juveniles and some elderly persons with non law enforcement agencies such as (the Dept. of Health Hospitals, Child Protection Agency, Elderly Services, Hospice, Doctor's Offices and or Defense Attorneys) prior to a charge being accepted by the District…