N.D. Cent. Code § 50-25.1-11.1: Children's advocacy centers - Confidentiality of records - Criminal history record checks

1.Records and digital media in the possession of a children's advocacy center relating to a forensic medical examination, forensic interview, advocacy, or therapy are confidential and only may be released to a person other than a law enforcement agency, the department or the department's authorized agent, a prosecutor, a court, another children's advocacy center, or a medical or mental health professional when the child comes before the medical or mental health professional in that person's professional capacity, upon service of a subpoena signed by a judge.

2.The staff of a children's advocacy center may communicate with a law enforcement agency, the department or the department's authorized agent, a prosecutor, a court, another children's advocacy center, or a medical or mental health professional in that individual's official capacity, for the purpose of discussing a forensic medical examination, forensic interview, advocacy, or therapy.

3.The department may submit a request for a criminal history record check under section 12-60-24 on a board member, an employee, a final applicant for employment of a children's advocacy center, a contractor, or a volunteer of a children's advocacy center who has contact with a child at or through a children's advocacy center.

4.As used in this section, "board member" means an individual serving on the board of a children's advocacy center.