4. a. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency, shall immediately after the receipt of such report, and after making a determination to take the child into protective custody, shall serve or attempt to serve, written notice upon the parents or guardian that the said child has been taken into protective custody. The notice shall contain a statement of the maximum duration of the protective custody and the location of the child during protective custody.
b. The parents or guardian of a child in protective custody may, upon request and in the reasonable discretion of the physician, director, or his designate, or appropriate official of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, visit the child, provided that the life or health of the child will not be endangered by such visit.
c. The entire period of protective custody shall not exceed three court days. The protective custody may be terminated earlier at the discretion of the reporting physician, director or appropriate official of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, or upon order of the court.