Code of Massachusetts Regulations
110 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Title 110 CMR 4.00 - Intake
Intake for Protective Service Delivery
Section 4.36 - Central Registry Listing
Universal Citation: 110 CMR 4.00 MA Code of Regs 4.36
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 119, § 51F, the Department maintains a Central Registry that contains identifying information on children who were the subject of a report, and their families. The Registry also includes the outcome of any resulting response, including the name of any person found to be responsible for child abuse or neglect and the name of any individual listed in the Registry of Alleged Perpetrators.
(a) Whenever the
Department finds the allegations in a 51A report to be supported and the
person(s) responsible for the abuse or neglect is known, that person is named
as the person responsible for the abuse or neglect in the Department's Central
Registry.
1. If there is substantial evidence
the person(s) named is responsible for the abuse or neglect and the report was
referred to the District Attorney as a mandatory referral pursuant to M.G.L. c.
119, § 51B(k) and
110
CMR 4.51, the identified person(s) is also
listed on the Registry of Alleged Perpetrators.
(b) When the Department find a report to be
substantiated concern or unsupported, the Department does not name any person
as responsible for the abuse or neglect or as an alleged perpetrator in the
Central Registry.
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