New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 10 - CHILD PROTECTION INVESTIGATIONS

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).
CHAPTER 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Subchapter 2, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Requirements, was repealed by R.1999 d.238, effective August 2, 1999.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).