New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 10 - CHILD PROTECTION INVESTIGATIONS
Subchapter 2 - CHILD PROTECTION INVESTIGATION PROCESS
Section 3A:10-2.1 - When an investigation is required
Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 6, March 17, 2025
(a) The State Central Registry representative shall deem a call to be a report if he or she determines that a call contains at least one allegation which, if true, would constitute a child being an abused or neglected child, as defined in N.J.A.C. 3A:10-1.3. The child protective investigator shall investigate each new report, regardless of whether the alleged child victim and his or her family is known or not known to the Department.
(b) A child protective investigator shall conduct a child protection investigation in response to each report alleging abuse or neglect on a military installation, to the extent permitted by the base commander, in accordance with U.S. Department of Defense Instruction 6400.01, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, and this chapter.
(c) A child protective investigator shall handle each report in which the harm alleged to a child is the result of treatment in good faith for a medical condition by spiritual means alone through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner thereof in accordance with this chapter, except for N.J.A.C. 3A:10-7.3.
