(a) The court shall use a multidisciplinary team when it is feasible to do so. The court shall work with the Government and its established multidisciplinary teams designed to assist child victims and child witnesses, and the court and the attorney for the Government shall consult with the multidisciplinary team as appropriate.
(b) The role of the multidisciplinary team is to provide specific services for the child including:(1) medical diagnoses and evaluation services, including provision or interpretation of x-rays, laboratory tests, and related services, as needed, and documentation of findings;(2) telephone consultation services in emergencies and in other situations;(3) medical evaluations related to abuse or neglect;(4) psychological and psychiatric diagnoses and evaluation services for the child, parent or parents, guardian or guardians, or other caregivers, or any other individual involved in a child-victim or child-witness case;(5) expert medical, psychological, and related professional testimony;(6) case service coordination and assistance, including the location of services available from public and private agencies in the community; and(7) training services for judges, litigators, court officers and others that are involved in child-victim and child-witness cases, regarding the appropriate handling of child victims and child witnesses.
(1) medical diagnoses and evaluation services, including provision or interpretation of x-rays, laboratory tests, and related services, as needed, and documentation of findings;
(2) telephone consultation services in emergencies and in other situations;
(3) medical evaluations related to abuse or neglect;
(4) psychological and psychiatric diagnoses and evaluation services for the child, parent or parents, guardian or guardians, or other caregivers, or any other individual involved in a child-victim or child-witness case;
(5) expert medical, psychological, and related professional testimony;
(6) case service coordination and assistance, including the location of services available from public and private agencies in the community; and
(7) training services for judges, litigators, court officers and others that are involved in child-victim and child-witness cases, regarding the appropriate handling of child victims and child witnesses.