Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 6, March 17, 2025
(a) The IAIU
investigator shall, in completing an investigation of a report containing any
allegation:
1. Interview the alleged child
victim in person and individually, using sensitivity to avoid further trauma to
each alleged child victim;
2.
Observe each non-verbal alleged child victim;
3. Interview, in person and individually, the
caregiver or institutional caregiver, on the same day as the alleged child
victim, if possible;
4. Interview
each adult in the home, when the investigation involves a resource home or
family child care home;
5. Read and
review each available prior investigation relevant to the report;
6. Interview the reporter and each other
person identified in the current report or related information as having
knowledge of the incident or as having made an assessment of physical harm,
including, but not limited to, the:
ii. Registered
professional nurse;
iii. Forensic
Nurse-Certified Sexual Assault (FN-CSA);
iv. Advanced practice nurse (APN);
vii. Other professional who treated the
alleged child victim's current condition, other than the reporter;
viii. Assigned permanency worker;
ix. Youth services provider;
x. Private agency caseworker; and
xi. Other Department representative working
with the alleged child victim or his or her family;
7. Interview the alleged perpetrator, in
person;
8. Complete a Child Abuse
Record Information check of each household member and each other individual
regularly frequenting or living in the alleged child victim's home when
investigating a report involving a resource home or family child care
home;
9. Conduct a PROMIS/GAVEL
check to identify a paramour's record of criminal history, when the report
involves a resource parent's paramour; and
10. Observe the environment where alleged
abuse or neglect occurred or which poses a threat to the child.
(b) The IAIU investigator shall
assess the need to contact and cooperate with law enforcement or a prosecutor,
based upon the allegation(s) made in the report, when completing an
investigation. In particular, the IAIU investigator shall determine if a joint
investigation in accordance with the DCF/Law Enforcement Model Coordinated
Response Protocol is possible and consult with the investigating police officer
or prosecutor before interviewing the alleged child victim, unless emergency
action is needed, when completing an investigation of sexual abuse.
(c) The IAIU investigator shall obtain a
medical assessment of the injury, which may include photographs or a body
chart, when completing an investigation of a report containing any allegation
that involved a physical injury and when a physician has examined the child. If
hospital or other medical or forensic records are available and abuse or
neglect is substantiated or established, the IAIU investigator shall request a
certified copy for the CP&P record.
(d) The IAIU investigator shall interview
each identified witness who is reported to have knowledge of the alleged abuse
or neglect.
(e) The IAIU
investigator shall interview each community professional who has first-hand
knowledge of the alleged abuse or neglect including:
1. Each witness offered by the alleged
perpetrator who could provide evidence that he or she did not abuse or neglect
the alleged child victim;
2. Each
investigative law enforcement officer working on the report;
3. Each of the primary response law
enforcement personnel called to the scene of the alleged abuse or neglect;
and
4. Each physician directly
involved with the treatment of the reported injury or condition, and obtain if
possible a certified copy of any report.
