Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1610 - CHILD WELFARE CASEWORK SERVICES
Subchapter 3 - ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION SERVICES
Section 17-1610-23 - Child welfare assessment

(a) The department shall assess each report accepted by the department in accordance with departmental procedures. The assessment, which will continue throughout the duration of the case, will determine whether or not the child has been harmed or is threatened with harm and the action that will be taken by the department.

(b) The department shall determine and initiate any needed services necessary to complete the assessment, including but not limited to multidisciplinary team consultation, psychological, psychiatric, psychosexual or other needed evaluations. pursuant to departmental procedures.

(c) When additional facts are needed to thoroughly evaluate the family's and the child's current situation, the department shall contact other persons or agencies that may possess knowledge of the family, without consent, pursuant to chapter 350, HRS.

(d) A written medical assessment of the child's physical condition shall be obtained when sexual abuse is suspected or there is a report of severe abuse, neglect, or medical neglect pursuant to departmental procedures. If the child remains, in the custody of the legal custodian, a medical diagnosis shall be obtained with the consent of the legal custodian or pursuant to an order of the court.

(e) The department may obtain a criminal history record check on an alleged perpetrator or maltreater of imminent harm, harm, or threatened harm to a child in accordance with section 587A-11(1) and departmental procedures.