New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-C - Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services
Chapter He-C 6400 - PROGRAM AND SERVICE INFORMATION
Part He-C 6430 - CENTRAL REGISTRY
Section He-C 6430.03 - Definitions

(a) "Central registry" means the state registry that maintains all founded reports of child abuse and/or neglect established pursuant to RSA 169-C:35.

(b) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.

(c) "Expungement" means the removal of information contained on the central registry that relates to a specific perpetrator's name and a founded report of child abuse and/or neglect.

(d) "Founded determination" means a specific allegation of child abuse or neglect where the department has determined that there is a preponderance of the evidence to believe that a child has been abused or neglected.

(e) "Founded report" means a report of child abuse and/or neglect where the department has made one or more founded determinations.

(f) "Report" means a referral that has been accepted for assessment of alleged child abuse and/or neglect by the department's division for children, youth and families.

(g) "Type of abuse and/or neglect" means abuse and/or neglect as described in RSA 169-C:3, II and XIX, and categorized by type as either sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, or neglect.