Code of Massachusetts Regulations
110 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Title 110 CMR 4.00 - Intake
Abuse or Neglect in an Institutional Setting
Section 4.43 - Telephone Notice

The Department may, in appropriate circumstances, notify the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC), Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Department of Mental Health (DMH), Department of Developmental Services (DDS), Department of Public Health (DPH), or Department of Youth Services (DYS) by telephone in an instance where the Department has received and screened in a report alleging that abuse or neglect of a child has occurred at a facility owned, operated, or funded, in whole or in part, by any of said departments or office, or at a facility operated by a person or entity subject to licensure or approval by any of said departments or office. Said telephone notice may be given in appropriate cases where coordination between agencies during the investigation would minimize interviews of and trauma to any child-victim, or would otherwise be beneficial.