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Section 169-C:32 – Abrogation of Privileged Communication.

    169-C:32 Abrogation of Privileged Communication. – The privileged quality of communication between husband and wife and any professional person and his patient or client, except that between attorney and client, shall not apply to proceedings instituted pursuant to this chapter and shall not constitute grounds for failure to report as required by this chapter. […]

Section 169-C:33 – Photographs and X-Rays.

    169-C:33 Photographs and X-Rays. – I. Any medical person or the department preparing or investigating a report under this chapter, may take, or cause to be taken, photographs of the areas of trauma visible on a child who is the subject of a report and, if medically indicated, cause to be performed a radiological […]

Section 169-C:34 – Duties of the Department of Health and Human Services.

    169-C:34 Duties of the Department of Health and Human Services. – I. If it appears that the immediate safety or well-being of a child is endangered, the family may flee or the child disappear, or the facts otherwise so warrant, the department shall commence an investigation immediately after receipt of a report. In all […]

Section 169-C:34-a – Multidisciplinary Child Protection Teams.

    169-C:34-a Multidisciplinary Child Protection Teams. – I. The department of health and human services may enter into formal cooperative agreements with appropriate agencies and organizations to create multidisciplinary child protection teams to assist with the investigation and evaluation of reports of abuse and neglect under this chapter. II. Multidisciplinary child protection team members may […]

Section 169-C:35 – Central Registry.

    169-C:35 Central Registry. – I. There shall be established a state registry for the purpose of maintaining a record of founded reports of abuse and neglect. The registry shall be confidential and subject to rules on access established by the commissioner of the department under RSA 541-A. The commissioner of the department shall allow […]

Section 169-C:35-a – Records Management of Abuse and Neglect Reports.

    169-C:35-a Records Management of Abuse and Neglect Reports. – I. The department shall retain a screened-out report for 4 years from the date that the report was screened out. If during the 4-year retention period, the department receives a subsequent report of abuse or neglect concerning the same alleged perpetrator or the same child […]