DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Family Safety and Preservation Program
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
65C-38.001Definitions
65C-38.002Child Abuse, Abandonment and Neglect Record Check
NOTICE OF CORRECTION
Notice is hereby given that the following correction has been made to the proposed rule in Vol. 41, No. 3, January 6, 2015 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
65C-38.001 Definitions.
The following definitions are to be used for Chapter 65C-38, F.A.C.
(1) “Child Abuse, Abandonment, and Neglect Record Check” means a complete and thorough check of the Florida Safe Families Network and any other out-of-state automated child welfare system for all records and information related to the determination of maltreatment findings for individuals being considered for placement of a child.
(2)(3) “Verified Maltreatment Finding” means a finding by the child protective investigator that a preponderance of credible evidence exists to support the allegations of abuse, neglect or abandonment. A verified maltreatment finding includes an out-of-state finding of “substantiated.”
65C-38.002 Child Abuse, Abandonment and Neglect Record Check.
(2) Out-of-state child welfare background checks shall be conducted on any household member 18 years of age or older who has resided outside the state of Florida within the past five years. In states that do not use a centralized intake or state automated child welfare system (SACWIS) the Florida child welfare professional is required to contact the county administered child protection program to complete the record check.
