New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 10 - CHILD PROTECTION INVESTIGATIONS
- Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Subchapter 2 - CHILD PROTECTION INVESTIGATION PROCESS
- Subchapter 3 - CHILD PROTECTION INVESTIGATION PROCESS FOR LOCAL OFFICE INVESTIGATIONS
- Subchapter 4 - CHILD PROTECTION INVESTIGATION PROCESS FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE INVESTIGATION UNIT
- Subchapter 5 - SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENT AND INVESTIGATION
- Subchapter 6 - SERVICES AND REMOVAL DURING INVESTIGATION
- Subchapter 7 - FINDINGS AND DOCUMENTATION
- Subchapter 8 - EXPUNCTIONS
CHAPTER SOURCE AND
EFFECTIVE DATE:
R.2019 d.050, effective April 29, 2019.
See: 51 N.J.R. 125(a), 51 N.J.R. 825(b).
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HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 129, Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, was
adopted as R.1979 d.400, effective October 11, 1979. See: 11 N.J.R. 74(a), 11
N.J.R. 559(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter
129, Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, was readopted as R.1984 d.489, effective
October 1, 1984. See: 16 N.J.R. 2224(a), 16 N.J.R. 3033(a).
Subchapter 2, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 Requirements,
was adopted as R.1985 d.373, effective July 15, 1985. See: 17 N.J.R. 885(a), 17
N.J.R. 1766(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter
129, Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, was readopted as R.1990 d.389, effective
July 13, 1990. See: 22 N.J.R. 1535(a), 22 N.J.R. 2320(a).
Pursuant
to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 129, Child Abuse and Neglect Cases,
was readopted as R.1995 d.362, effective June 12, 1995. See: 27 N.J.R. 1125(a),
27 N.J.R. 2616(c).
Subchapter 2, Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act Requirements, was repealed by R.1999 d.238, effective August 2,
1999. See: 30 N.J.R. 3912(a), 31 N.J.R. 2211(a).
Pursuant to
Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 129, Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, was
readopted as R.2000 d.253, effective May 23, 2000. See: 32 N.J.R. 439(a), 32
N.J.R. 2241(a).
Chapter 129, Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, was
readopted as R.2005 d.441, effective November 18, 2005. As a part of R.2005
d.441, Chapter 129, Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, was renamed Child Protection
Investigations; Subchapter 1, Policy Concerning the Referral and Investigation
of Child Abuse and Neglect Cases, was renamed General Provisions; and
Subchapter 2, Child Protection Investigation Process, Subchapter 4, Services
and Removal During Investigation, Subchapter 5, Findings and Documentation, and
Subchapter 6, Expunctions, were adopted as new rules, effective December 19,
2005. See: 37 N.J.R. 2132(a), 37 N.J.R. 5004(b).
In accordance
with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 129, Child Protection Investigations, was
scheduled to expire on May 17, 2013. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 129, Child Protection Investigations, was readopted as R.2012 d.015,
effective December 13, 2011. As a part of R.2012, d.015, Subchapter 2 was
recodified in part to new Subchapter 3; new Subchapter 3 was named Child
Protection Investigation Process for Local Office Investigations; Subchapter 4,
Child Protection Investigation Process for the Institutional Abuse
Investigation Unit, was adopted as new rules; former Subchapter 3, Specialized
Assessment and Investigation, was recodified as Subchapter 5; former Subchapter
4, Services and Removal During Investigation, was recodified as Subchapter 6;
former Subchapter 5, Findings and Documentation, was recodified as Subchapter
7; and former Subchapter 6, Expunctions, was recodified as Subchapter 8,
effective February 6, 2012. See: 42 N.J.R. 3034(a), 44 N.J.R. 263(a).
Chapter 10, Child Protection Investigations, was recodified from
N.J.A.C. 10:129, Child Protection Investigations, by administrative change,
effective January 3, 2017. As part of the recodification, attendant technical
changes were made to the rule text concerning cross-references, agency names,
addresses, etc. See: 49 N.J.R. 98(a).
Chapter 10, Child Protection
Investigations, was readopted as R.2019 d.050, effective April 29, 2019. See:
Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations.
Chapter 18, New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act Procedures and Requirements, was readopted, effective April 1, 2022. See: Source and Effective Date.
CHAPTER AUTHORITY:
N.J.S.A. 9:3A-7.f and g, 9:6-8.15, 9:6-8.36a, 9:6-8.106, and 30:4C-4(h).