1. The office of the attorney general shall maintain a statewide automated victim information and notification system that must: a. Permit a victim to register or update the victim's registration information for the system by calling a toll-free telephone number or accessing a public website. b. Notify a registered victim by telephone, mail, text message, or electronic mail in accordance with this chapter. c. Notify a registered victim by telephone, mail, text message, or electronic mail when the offender has a scheduled court proceeding, a parole review, or a change in the status of the offender's parole or probation status, including a change in the offender's address. d. Notify a registered victim by telephone, mail, text message, or electronic mail when a protective order requested by the victim has been served upon the respondent. e. Permit a victim to receive a status report for an offender under the supervision or in the custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation or other correctional facility by calling the system on a toll-free telephone number or by accessing the system through a public website. 2. The provision of offender and case data on a timely basis to the automated victim information and notification system satisfies any obligation under this chapter to notify a registered victim of an offender's custody and the status of the offender's scheduled court proceedings. 3. The user agency shall ensure that an offender's information contained in the system is updated to timely notify a victim that an offender has been released or discharged or has escaped. The failure of the system to provide notice to the victim does not establish a cause of action by the victim against the state or any custodial authority. 4. All affected entities, including custodial authorities, prosecuting attorneys, law enforcement agencies, courts, the attorney general's office, and the parole clerk, shall cooperate with the system operator in establishing and maintaining the statewide automated victim information and notification system.
12.1-34-07. Medical screening and acute forensic medical examinations costs - Reimbursement by attorney general - Use of evidence. 1. An acute forensic medical examination is an examination performed on an alleged victim of criminal sexual conduct or domestic violence for the purpose of gathering evidence of an alleged crime and is performed within one hundred twenty hours after the alleged crime unless good cause is shown for the delay in performing the examination. When an acute forensic medical examination is performed, the costs incurred by a health care facility or health care professional for performing the acute forensic medical examination or any preliminary medical screening examination may not be charged, either directly or through a third-party payer, to the alleged victim. 2. A child forensic medical examination is an examination performed on an alleged child victim of criminal sexual conduct, physical abuse, or neglect for the purpose of gathering evidence of an alleged crime. When a child forensic medical examination is performed, the costs incurred by a health care facility or health care professional for performing the child forensic medical examination or any preliminary medical screening examination may not be charged, either directly or through a third-party payer, to the alleged child victim or the child's parent, guardian, or custodian.
3. Upon submission of appropriate documentation, the attorney general, within the limits of legislative appropriations, shall reimburse from the general fund the health care facility or a health care professional for the reasonable costs incurred in performing the medical screening and acute forensic medical examination. The attorney general, subject to legislative appropriations, shall reimburse from the general fund each accredited children's advocacy center located in the state for a forensic interview that is not reimbursable by Medicaid or crime victims compensation. 4. Evidence obtained during a medical examination under this section may not be used against an alleged victim for the prosecution of the alleged victim for a separate offense.