New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 10 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Part 3 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES INVESTIGATION
Section 8.10.3.17 - COMPLETION OF AN INVESTIGATION AND INVESTIGATION DECISION
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The PSD worker shall complete the investigation and decide whether the report's allegations of abuse or neglect are substantiated or unsubstantiated within 45 days of SCI accepting the report for investigation, unless an extension is approved by the supervisor. Extensions are not to exceed an additional 30 days after the original 45 days have passed. Completion of the investigation includes, but is not limited to making the investigation decision, determining the investigation disposition and completing, sending out the notice of results of the investigation letter to the parent or guardian and completing all documentation in FACTS.
B. When there is clear evidence that a child has been abused or neglected while in the custody of the parent, guardian or custodian, but there is unclear information about who was the perpetrator, then the PSD worker shall substantiate the investigation on an unknown perpetrator. In addition to substantiation on the unknown perpetrator, the PSD worker shall substantiate the investigation on the parent, guardian or custodian because of the failure to protect the child by the parent, guardian or custodian.
C. The PSD worker shall document the investigation decision and the supervisory review and approval of the decision in FACTS within 45 days of the date the report was accepted by SCI, or if an extension was granted, by the end of the extension period.