25 U.S.C. § 3206 : US Code - Section 3206: Waiver of parental consent

Search 25 U.S.C. § 3206 : US Code - Section 3206: 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 reason 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,(!1) or under the guidance, of a local multidisciplinary
team established pursuant to section 3210 of this title or, in the
absence of a local team, a multidisciplinary team established
pursuant to section 3209 of this title.
(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
judge or United States District Court may issue an order enforcing
any provision of this section.