Section 441.175.28. Consultation with health practitioners or mental health professionals.

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The child protection worker may contact a health practitioner or a mental health professional as circumstances warrant and shall contact a health practitioner or a mental health professional when the worker requires the assistance of the health practitioner or mental health professional in order to complete the assessment process or when the worker requires the opinion or advice of the health practitioner or mental health professional in order to determine if the child requires or should have required medical, health or mental health care as a result of suspected abuse.
[ARC 1156C, IAB 10/30/13, effective 1/1/14]

                    
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