Section 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.