Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 529 - Multidisciplinary Teams for Child Protection
Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Prevention Service
Section 310:529-3-3 - Definitions

The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Annual survey" means a written document submitted on at least a yearly basis to the Office of Child Abuse Prevention summarizing the activities of the team as related to child protection investigations and services with the data elements and format proscribed by the Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council.

"Child abuse multidisciplinary account" means a continuing fund established by the Oklahoma Legislature for the purpose of providing operating funds to functional multidisciplinary teams.

"Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council" means the Office of Child Abuse Prevention B Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council as established in O.S. Title 63 § 1-227.9.

"Communityneeds assessment" means conducting a process that results in a written document that identifies available services, service gaps, untapped resources and community based priorities for improvement or development of services to the victim and family according to the format and schedule of the Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council.

"Confidentiality statement" means the written document signed by multidisciplinary team members assuring that all proceedings conducted during team meetings and child protective investigations will be kept confidential according to clearly defined limits, state law and respective agency policy and procedure.

"Data collection" means multidisciplinary teams shall maintain data on every case reviewed by the multidisciplinary team in the format proscribed by the Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council.

"Expertise" means individual team members obtaining training and experience in a particular aspect of the multidisciplinary team approach, conducting legally sound and age appropriate interviews, effective investigation techniques or knowledge about how to conduct joint investigations.

"Initial team training" means a training conducted during the early formation of the team where individual team members are oriented to the multidisciplinary child abuse team approach.

"Joint investigations" means law enforcement and child welfare staff conduct a collaborative investigation with written protocols to decrease duplicative efforts and to ensure a thorough process.

"Multidisciplinary team members" means team members to include police officers or other law enforcement agents, child protective services workers within the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, mental health professionals, medical personnel, multidisciplinary child abuse team coordinators, child advocacy center director and the district attorney or assistant district attorney.

"Protocol" means specific methods and procedures used to conduct child protection investigations and interviews.

Added at 19 Ok Reg 2917, eff 7-26-02 (emergency); Added at 20 Ok Reg 1659, eff 6-12-03