§ 601.3. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act—The Criminal History Record Information Act, 18 Pa.C.S. § § 9101—9183.
Automated system—A computer or other internally programmed device capable of automatically accepting and processing data, including computer programs, data communication links, input and output data and data storage devices.
Central repository—The central location for the collection, compilation, maintenance and dissemination of criminal history record information by the State Police.
Criminal history record information—Information collected by criminal justice agencies concerning individuals, and arising from the initiation of a criminal proceeding, consisting of identifiable descriptions, dates and notations of arrests, indictments, informations or other formal criminal charges and dispositions arising therefrom. The term does not include intelligence information, investigative information or treatment information, including medical and psychological information, or information and records specified in 18 Pa.C.S. § 9104 (relating to scope).
Criminal justice agency—A court, including the minor judiciary, with criminal jurisdiction or another governmental agency, or subunit thereof, created by statute or by the State or Federal Constitutions, specifically authorized to perform as its principal function the administration of criminal justice, and which allocates a substantial portion of its annual budget to that function. The term includes organized State and municipal police departments; local detention facilities; county, regional and State correctional facilities; probation agencies; district or prosecuting attorneys; parole boards; pardon boards and agencies or subunits thereof, as are declared by the Attorney General to be criminal justice agencies as determined by a review of applicable statutes and the State and Federal constitutions, or both.
Intelligence information—Information concerning the habits, practices, characteristics, possessions, associations or financial status of an individual compiled in an effort to anticipate, prevent, monitor, investigate or prosecute criminal activity. Notwithstanding the definition of ‘‘treatment information’’ the term may include information on prescribing, dispensing, selling, obtaining or using a controlled substance as defined in The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act (35 P. S. § § 780-101—780-144).
Investigative information—Information assembled as a result of the performance of an inquiry, formal or informal, into a criminal incident or an allegation of criminal wrongdoing and may include modus operandi information.
Protected information—Intelligence, investigative or treatment information.
Repository—A location in which criminal history record information is collected, compiled, maintained and disseminated by a criminal justice agency.
Treatment information—Information concerning medical, psychiatric, psychological or other rehabilitative treatment provided, suggested or prescribed for an individual charged with or convicted of a crime.
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