Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 6.djvu/160

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104 STAT. 4550 PUBLIC LAW 101-630 —NOV. 28, 1990 (2) the examination of due process implication of the maintenance of such a register; (3) the extension of access to information contained in the register; (4) the need and process for expunging information from the register; (5) the types, and duration of maintenance, of information in the register; and (6) the classes of persons who should be covered by such register. (c) The Secretary shall complete the study conducted pursuant to this section and shall submit such study, together with recommendations and draft legislation to implement such recommendations, to the Congress within 180 days after the date of enactment of this title. 25 USC 3205. SEC. 406. CONFIDENTIALITY. Pursuant to section 552a of title 5, United States Code, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 1232g), or any other provision of law, agencies of any Indian tribe, of any State, or of the Federal Government that investigate and treat incidents of abuse of children may provide information and records to those agencies of any Indian tribe, any State, or the Federal Government that need to know the information in performance of their duties. For purposes of this section, Indian tribal governments shall be treated the same as other Federal Government entities. 25 USC 3206. SEC. 407. WAIVER OF PARENTAL CONSENT. (a) EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS.— Photographs, x -rays, medical examinations, psychological examinations, and interviews of an Indian child alleged to have been subject to abuse in Indian country shall be allowed without parental consent if local child protective services or local law enforcement officials have reason to believe the child has been subject to abuse. (b) INTERVIEWS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES OFFICIALS.— In any case in which officials of the local law enforcement agency or local child protective services agency have regison to believe that an Indian child has been subject to abuse in Indian country, the officials of those agencies shall be allowed to interview the child without first obtaining the consent of the parent, guardian, or legal custodian. (c) PROTECTION OF CHILD. —Examinations and interviews of a child who may have been the subject of abuse shall be conducted under such circumstances and with such safeguards as are designed to minimize additional trauma to the child and, where time permits, shall be conducted with the advise, or under the guidance, of a local multidisciplinary team established pursuant to section 411 or, in the absence of a local team, a multidisciplinary team established pursuant to section 410. (d) COURT ORDERS.— Upon a finding of reasonable suspicion that an Indian child has been the subject of abuse in Indian country, a Federal magistrate or United States District Court may issue an order enforcing any provision of this section.