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with protection for identity of reporters and other persons
when appropriate;

 
D-2.__A party to a child protection proceeding, when the
records or information is relevant to the proceeding, with
protection for identity of reporters and other persons when
appropriate;

 
Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§2, ķE, as amended by PL 2001, c. 696, §17,
is further amended to read:

 
E. A person having the legal responsibility or
authorization to evaluate, treat, educate, care for or
supervise a child, parent or custodian who is the subject of
a record, or a member of a panel appointed by the department
to review child deaths and serious injuries, or a member of
the Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel established under
Title 19-A, section 4013, subsection 4. This includes a
member of a treatment team or group convened to plan for or
treat a child or family that is the subject of a record.
This may also include a member of a support team for foster
parents, if that team has been reviewed and approved by the
department;

 
Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§2, ķE-1 is enacted to read:

 
E-1.__A relative or other person whom the department is
investigating for possible custody or placement of the
child;

 
Sec. 7. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§2, ķI, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989,
c. 878, Pt. A, §63, is amended to read:

 
I. The representative designated to provide child welfare
services by the tribe of an Indian child as defined by the
federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 United States Code,
Section 1903, or a representative designated to provide
child welfare services by an Indian tribe of Canada; and

 
Sec. 8. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ķA, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 733, §18,
is amended to read:

 
A. The guardian ad litem of a child named in a record who
is reported to be abused or neglected, appointed pursuant to
section 4005, subsection 1;

 
Sec. 9. 22 MRSA §4008, sub-§3, ķA-1 is enacted to read:

 
A-1.__The court-appointed guardian ad litem, visitor or attorney
of a child who is the subject of a court proceeding


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