New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 3 - CLIENT INFORMATION
Subchapter 3 - DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC ABOUT A CHILD FATALITY OR NEAR FATALITY
Section 3A:3-3.3 - Procedures for the request and provision of information related to a fatality or near fatality

(a) Representatives of the media may request information about a child fatality or near fatality either verbally or in writing. The media representative shall direct the request to the Department of Children and Families' Office of Communications. The Director of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency or a representative of the Department of Children and Families' Office of Communications shall provide information verbally to a representative of the media about a child fatality or near fatality, within the parameters established by this chapter, upon confirming that the requester is a representative of the media.

(b) A member of the public may request information about a child fatality or near fatality in writing to the Office of the Director, Division of Child Protection and Permanency. If the requester claims to represent an agency, he or she shall make the request for information on official agency letterhead in accordance with N.J.A.C. 3A:3-2.8(a)1. The Director or designee shall respond, in writing, within the parameters established by this chapter, to a written request from a member of the public for information about a child fatality or near fatality.