38-6A-3: Applicability.

A. The Uniform Child Witness Protective Measures Act applies to the testimony of a child witness in a criminal or noncriminal proceeding. However, the Uniform Child Witness Protective Measures Act does not preclude, in a criminal or noncriminal proceeding, any other procedure permitted by law:

(1) for a child witness to testify by an alternative method, however denominated; or

(2) for protecting the interests of or reducing mental or emotional harm to a child witness.

B. The supreme court may adopt rules of procedure and evidence to implement the provisions of the Uniform Child Witness Protective Measures Act.