§10-7110.

§10-7110.
   
   A. 1. In coordination with the Child Abuse Training and Coordinating
   Council, each district attorney's district shall be responsible for
   convening a meeting of a coordinated multidisciplinary child abuse
   team, if such a team is not already in existence to determine whether
   the establishment of a coordinated multidisciplinary child abuse team
   is feasible in the district. If the district attorney's office is
   unwilling or unable to convene the meeting, the meeting shall be
   convened by one of the other entities listed in subsection B of this
   section.
   
   2. If it is feasible to establish such a team, the lead agency shall
   be chosen by the members of the team. The team shall intervene in
   reports involving sexual abuse or severe physical abuse in order to
   make responsible efforts to minimize the number of interviews
   necessary with a child-victim.
   
   B. The coordinated multidisciplinary child abuse team members may
   include, but need not be limited to:
   
   1. Mental health professionals licensed pursuant to the laws of this
   state or licensed professional counselors;
   
   2. Police officers or other law enforcement agents with a role in, or
   experience or training in child abuse investigation;
   
   3. Medical personnel with experience in child abuse identification;
   
   4. Child protective services workers within the Department of Human
   Services;
   
   5. Multidisciplinary child abuse team coordinators, or a Child
   Advocacy Center Director; and
   
   6. A district attorney or a designee.
   
   C. 1. To the extent that resources are available to each of the
   various coordinated multidisciplinary child abuse teams throughout the
   state, the functions of the team shall include, but not be limited to,
   the following specific functions:
   
   a. review investigations, assess service delivery, and facilitate
   efficient and appropriate disposition of cases through the criminal
   justice system,
   
   b. develop a written protocol for investigating child sexual abuse and
   serious physical child abuse cases and for interviewing child abuse
   victims. In addition, each team shall develop agreements signed by
   member agencies that specify the role of the member agencies on the
   team,
   
   c. increase communication and collaboration among the professionals
   responsible for the reporting, investigation, prosecution and
   treatment of child abuse cases,
   
   d. eliminate duplicative efforts in the investigation and the
   prosecution of child abuse cases,
   
   e. identify gaps in service or all untapped resources within the
   community to improve the delivery of services to the victim and
   family,
   
   f. encourage the development of expertise with discipline-specific
   training and cross-discipline training,
   
   g. formalize a case review and case tracking process for all or
   problematic cases of child abuse, and
   
   h. standardize investigative procedures for the handling of child
   abuse cases.
   
   2. All investigations of child sexual abuse and serious physical child
   abuse and interviews of child abuse victims shall be carried out by
   appropriate personnel using the protocols and procedures specified in
   this section.
   
   3. If trained personnel are not available in a timely fashion and, in
   the judgment of a law enforcement officer or the Department of Human
   Services, there is reasonable cause to believe a delay in
   investigation or interview of the child abuse victim could place the
   child in jeopardy of harm or threatened harm to a child's health or
   welfare, the investigation may proceed without full participation of
   all personnel. This authority applies only for as long as reasonable
   danger to the child exists. A reasonable effort to find and provide a
   trained investigator or interviewer shall be made.
   
   D. 1. A coordinated multidisciplinary child abuse team may enter into
   an agreement with the Child Death Review Board within the Oklahoma
   Commission on Children and Youth and, in accordance with rules
   promulgated by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, conduct
   case reviews of deaths and near deaths of children within the
   geographical area of that coordinated multidisciplinary child abuse
   team.
   
   2. Any coordinated multidisciplinary child abuse team reviewing deaths
   and near deaths of children shall prepare and make available to the
   public, on an annual basis, a report containing a summary of the
   activities of the team relating to the review of the deaths and near
   deaths of children and a summary of the extent to which the state
   child protection system is coordinated with foster care and adoption
   programs and whether the state is efficiently discharging its child
   protection responsibilities. The report shall be completed no later
   than December 31 of each year.
   
   E. Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of:
   
   1. Hospital or treatment-based team reviews for client-specific
   purposes; and
   
   2. Teams in existence prior to July 1, 1995, and coordination of such
   teams.
   
   F. Such coordinated multidisciplinary child abuse team shall have full
   access to any service or treatment plan and any personal data known to
   the Department which is directly related to the implementation of this
   section.
   
   1. When funds become available, the Department of Human Services, with
   the assistance of the Child Abuse Training and Coordinating Council,
   shall develop the eligibility criteria of applicants for disbursement
   of funds or for the disbursement of fees for specified services
   rendered.
   
   2. The Department of Human Services, with the advice of the Child
   Abuse Training and Coordinating Council, is authorized to promulgate
   such rules as may be necessary to set minimum standards.
   
   3. The Department of Human Services, with the assistance of the Child
   Abuse Training and Coordinating Council, may develop evaluation
   criteria to make recommendations for future eligibility and allocation
   decisions and to evaluate programs funded pursuant to this section.