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NH Rev Stat § 169-C:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:27 - Liability for Expenses.

    169-C:27 Liability for Expenses. –||I. (a) Whenever an order creating liability for expenses is issued by the court under this chapter, any expenses incurred for services, placements, and programs the providers of which are certified pursuant to RSA 170-G:4, XVIII, shall be payable by the department of health and human services.||(b) Subparagraph (a) shall not apply to:||(1) Expenses incurred for special education and related services;||(2) Expenses incurred for evaluation, care, and treatment of the child at the New Hampshire hospital; or||(3) Expenses incurred for the cost of accompanied transportation.||(c) Liability for placement expenses for any court ordered placement of any minor mother under this chapter shall include liability for placement expenses for the child or children of such minor mother if the minor mother and child or children are placed at the same facility.||II. Voluntary services provided to a child, family, or household in a case that was unfounded but with reasonable concern, as defined in RSA 169-C:3, XXIX, shall be the responsibility of the department. Payment for such services shall be made from available TANF reserve funds or other funds appropriated for such purpose.||III. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department shall not be responsible for the payment of the cost of assigned counsel for any party under this chapter.||IV. The office of reimbursements acting on behalf of Laconia developmental services and the New Hampshire hospital is authorized to compromise or reduce any expense to be charged to the state.|||Source. 1979, 361:2; 434:81. 1981, 555:2. 1982, 25:3. 1983, 458:5. 1985, 96:6; 380:38. 1987, 402:31, 32. 1988, 107:5; 153:2, 5. 1989, 75:2; 229:2; 286:2. 1990, 3:48; 203:2. 1991, 265:3. 1993, 266:4. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 220:3; 308:72, 73; 310:171, 175, 181, 182. 1996, 286:14, 17. 1997, 305:2. 2007, 263:21. 2008, 274:33. 2009, 144:34, 37. 2011, 224:45, 72. 2013, 144:57, eff. July 1, 2013. 2016, 308:4, eff. July 1, 2016. 2018, 55:2, eff. July 14, 2018; 337:8, eff. July 1, 2018; 338:1, eff. July 1, 2018. 2020, 26:21, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:28 - Appeals.

    169-C:28 Appeals. –||I. An appeal under this chapter may be taken to the supreme court by the child or the child's authorized representative or any party having an interest, including the state, or any person subject to any administrative decision pursuant to this chapter, within 30 days of the final dispositional order; but an appeal shall not suspend the order or decision of the court unless the court so orders. For purposes of this chapter, a "final dispositional order" includes a dismissal of a petition for abuse and neglect by the district court. "Final dispositional order" shall also include any ruling or order arising from an administrative hearing held or initiated by any administrative agency, including the department, in which a finding of child abuse or neglect is made.||II. This section shall apply to all appeals under this chapter, including appeals in proceedings before the family division of the courts.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1989, 40:1. 1998, 235:1. 2000, 254:3, eff. June 12, 2000. 2020, 37:125, eff. July 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:28-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:28-a - Repealed by 1994, 411:19, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.

    169-C:28-a Repealed by 1994, 411:19, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1995. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:29 - Persons Required to Report.

    169-C:29 Persons Required to Report. –||Any physician, surgeon, county medical examiner, psychiatrist, resident, intern, dentist, osteopath, optometrist, chiropractor, psychologist, therapist, registered nurse, hospital personnel (engaged in admission, examination, care and treatment of persons), Christian Science practitioner, teacher, school official, school nurse, school counselor, social worker, day care worker, any other child or foster care worker, law enforcement official, priest, minister, or rabbi or any other person having reason to suspect that a child has been abused or neglected shall report the same in accordance with this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:30 - Nature and Content of Report.

    169-C:30 Nature and Content of Report. –||An oral report shall be made immediately by telephone or otherwise, and followed within 48 hours by a report in writing, if so requested, to the department. Such report shall, if known, contain the name and address of the child suspected of being neglected or abused and the person responsible for the child's welfare, the specific information indicating neglect or the nature and extent of the child's injuries (including any evidence of previous injuries), the identity of the person or persons suspected of being responsible for such neglect or abuse, and any other information that might be helpful in establishing neglect or abuse or that may be required by the department.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1989, 146:2. 1994, 411:17. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:31 - Immunity From Liability.

    169-C:31 Immunity From Liability. –||Anyone participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to this chapter or who provides information or assistance, including medical evaluations or consultations, in connection with a report, investigation, or legal intervention pursuant to a good faith report of child abuse or neglect, is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant has the same immunity with respect to participation in any investigation by the department or judicial proceeding resulting from such report.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1994, 411:17. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2019, 45:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|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.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|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 examination of the child without the consent of the child's parents or guardians. All photographs and X-rays taken, or copies of them, shall be sent to the appropriate offices of the department as soon as possible.||II. The reasonable cost of photographs or X-rays taken under this section shall be reimbursed by the department.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1994, 411:17. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:34-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|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 include licensed physical and mental health practitioners, educators, law enforcement officers, representatives from the local child advocacy center, social workers, and such other individuals as may be necessary to assist with the investigation and evaluation of reports of abuse or neglect.||III. The department may share information from its case records to the extent permitted by law with members of a multidisciplinary child protection team in order to assist the team with its investigation and evaluation of a report of abuse or neglect. Multidisciplinary child protection team members shall be required to execute a confidentiality agreement and shall be bound by the confidentiality provisions of RSA 169-C:25 and RSA 170-G:8-a.||IV. The department, in conjunction with the department of justice and the New Hampshire Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, shall develop a written protocol for multidisciplinary child protection team investigations. The purpose of the protocol shall be to ensure the coordination and cooperation of the agencies involved in multidisciplinary child protection team investigations, to increase the efficiency in the handling of these cases, and to minimize the impact on the child of the legal and investigatory process. The protocol developed shall be reviewed and, if necessary, revised not less than once every 3 years. The department shall forward a copy of the approved protocol to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the governor by November 1 of the year in which they were approved and revised.|||Source. 2006, 118:1, eff. July 10, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:35-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|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 or any siblings or other children in the same household or in the care of the same adults, the department shall retain information from the prior and subsequent reports for an additional 4 years from the date a subsequent report is screened out, an additional 10 years from the date a subsequent report is deemed unfounded, and indefinitely if the subsequent report is deemed founded or unfounded but with reasonable concern. The department shall delete or destroy all electronic and paper records of the reports when the retention period for the most recent report expires.||II. The department shall retain an unfounded report for 10 years from the date that the department determined the case to be unfounded. If during the 10-year retention period, the department receives a subsequent report of abuse or neglect concerning the same alleged perpetrator or the same child or any siblings or other children in the same household or in the care of the same adults, the department shall retain the information from the prior and subsequent reports for an additional 10 years from the date the subsequent report is screened out or deemed unfounded, or indefinitely if the subsequent report is deemed founded or unfounded but with reasonable concern. The department shall delete or destroy all electronic and paper records of the reports when the most recent report expires.||III. The department shall retain a founded report, or a report that is unfounded but with reasonable concern, indefinitely.||IV. Nothing in this section shall prevent the department from retaining generic, non-identifying information which is required for state and federal reporting and management purposes.|||Source. 2002, 162:1. 2010, 164:1, eff. July 1, 2011. 2017, 112:9, eff. June 14, 2017. 2018, 57:2, eff. May 23, 2018; 172:2, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:36 - Repealed by 1983, 331:8, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

    169-C:36 Repealed by 1983, 331:8, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:37 - Institutional Abuse and Neglect.

    169-C:37 Institutional Abuse and Neglect. –||The department of justice shall be empowered to receive and investigate reports of institutional abuse or neglect at the youth development center, Laconia developmental services, and New Hampshire hospital; and the department shall be empowered to receive and investigate reports of all other suspected instances of institutional abuse or neglect. Either the department of justice or the commissioner of the department or both may adopt rules consistent with this authority to investigate such reports and take appropriate action for the protection of children.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1983, 242:9. 1988, 107:5. 1994, 411:17. 1995, 310:173, 175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:38 - Report to Law Enforcement Authority.

    169-C:38 Report to Law Enforcement Authority. –||I. The department shall immediately by telephone or in person refer all cases in which there is reason to believe that any person under the age of 18 years has been: (a) sexually molested; (b) sexually exploited; (c) intentionally physically injured so as to cause serious bodily injury; (d) physically injured by other than accidental means so as to cause serious bodily injury; or (e) a victim of a crime, to the local law enforcement agency in the community in which the acts of abuse are believed to have occurred. The department shall also make a written report to the law enforcement agency within 48 hours, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excluded. A copy of this report shall be sent to the office of the county attorney.||II. All law enforcement personnel and department employees shall cooperate in limiting the number of interviews of a child victim and, when appropriate, shall conduct joint interviews of the child. Employees of the department shall share with the investigating police officers all information in their possession which it is lawful for them to disclose to a law enforcement agency. Investigating police officers shall not use or reveal any confidential information shared with them by the department except to the extent necessary for the investigation and prosecution of the case.||III. No staff member of the department shall be held civilly or criminally liable for a telephone referral or a written report made under paragraph I.||IV. Law enforcement personnel or department employees who are trained caseworkers shall have the right to enter any public place, including but not limited to schools and child care agencies, for the purpose of conducting an interview with a child, with or without the consent or notification of the parent or parents of such child, if there is reason to believe that the child has been:||(a) Sexually molested.||(b) Sexually exploited.||(c) Intentionally physically injured so as to cause serious bodily injury.||(d) Physically injured by other than accidental means so as to cause serious bodily injury.||(e) A victim of a crime.||(f) Abandoned.||(g) Neglected.||V. For any interview conducted pursuant to paragraph IV, the interview with the child shall be videotaped if possible. If the interview is videotaped, it shall be videotaped in its entirety. If the interview cannot be videotaped in its entirety, an audio recording of the entire interview shall be made.|||Source. 1979, 361:2. 1986, 225:1. 1988, 237:1. 1994, 411:17. 1995, 310:175. 1998, 185:1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:38-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:38-a - Standardized Protocol for the Investigation and Assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect Cases.

    169-C:38-a Standardized Protocol for the Investigation and Assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect Cases. –||The department of health and human services and the department of justice shall jointly develop a standardized protocol for the interviewing of victims and the investigation and assessment of cases of child abuse and neglect. The protocol shall seek to minimize the impact on the victim. The protocol shall also be designed to protect the rights of all parties affected The protocol shall specifically address the need to establish safe and appropriate places for interviewing children.|||Source. 2002, 113:1, eff. July 2, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39 - Penalty for Violation.

    169-C:39 Penalty for Violation. –||Anyone who knowingly violates any provision of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-a - Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

    169-C:39-a Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-b - Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

    169-C:39-b Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-c - Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

    169-C:39-c Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-d - Repealed by 2011, 231:2(3), eff. Dec. 31, 2011.

    169-C:39-d Repealed by 2011, 231:2(3), eff. Dec. 31, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-e - Repealed by 2010, 368:28, XVI, eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

    169-C:39-e Repealed by 2010, 368:28, XVI, eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-f - Repealed by 2010, 368:28, XVII, eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

    169-C:39-f Repealed by 2010, 368:28, XVII, eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-g - Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

    169-C:39-g Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-h - Repealed by 2006, 48:1, eff. June 17, 2006.

    169-C:39-h Repealed by 2006, 48:1, eff. June 17, 2006. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-i (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-i - Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

    169-C:39-i Repealed by 2010, 195:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-j (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-j - Repealed by 2014, 80:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.

    169-C:39-j Repealed by 2014, 80:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. –|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:39-l (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:39-l - Child Abuse Specialized Medical Evaluation Program Established.

    169-C:39-l Child Abuse Specialized Medical Evaluation Program Established. –||A child abuse specialized medical evaluation program is hereby established in the department. The program shall include the following elements:||I. Child protective service workers shall have on-call access, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, to an experienced health care professional who is trained in and can advise on the standardized diagnostic methods, treatment, and disposition of suspected child sexual abuse and physical abuse.||II. Department nurses and child protective service workers performing screenings and assessments of reported cases of child abuse shall receive pre-service training in the standardized medical diagnostic methods, treatment, and disposition as well as periodic in-service training by health care providers experienced in child abuse and neglect.||III. Annually, a limited number of designated health care providers geographically distributed shall be trained in nationally recognized curricula to respond to initial presentations of child sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect.||IV. Health care professionals who participate in the training or are members of a multidisciplinary team, working with the department of health and human services or law enforcement, shall participate in periodic peer or expert reviews of their evaluations and undertake continuing education in the medical evaluation of child abuse and neglect according to professional standards.||V. The department shall contract with a health care provider with experience in child abuse and neglect to administer the program in collaboration with participating private and public entities.||VI. Reimbursement rates for health care providers who participate in the program shall reflect the average cost to deliver such services, including the participation in multidisciplinary team activities and associated court proceedings. The rates shall be periodically reviewed and, if necessary, revised.||VII. The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to the medical evaluation program, training and continuing education requirements, and reimbursement rates.|||Source. 2019, 346:228, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 169-C:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 169-C - Child Protection Act|Section 169-C:40 - Severability.

    169-C:40 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.|||Source. 1979, 361:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|