Reports of Child Abuse, Neglect or Abandonment, Child Protective Investigations, Institutional Child Protective Investigations, Out-of-Town Inquiries
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Family Safety and Preservation Program
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
65C-29.002Reports of Child Abuse, Neglect or Abandonment
65C-29.003Child Protective Investigations
65C-29.004Institutional Child Protective Investigations
65C-29.011Out-of-Town Inquiries
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 40, No. 181, September 17, 2014 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
65C-29.002 Reports of Child Abuse, Neglect or Abandonment.
(1) The Department shall maintain an automated master file for all calls received by the Florida Abuse Hotline for screening. This file shall contain relevant information on all calls received concerning a child and be maintained in the Department’s automated system of record.
65C-29.003 Child Protective Investigations.
(5) A second tier consultation shall review and document in FSFN all reports in which:
65C-29.004 Institutional Child Protective Investigations.
(3)(a) If the institution is exempt from licensing under section 409.176, F.S., the Florida statewide child care organization responsible for registering non-licensed residential child caring agencies or family foster homes Association of Christian Child Caring Agencies (FACCCA) shall be notified;
(4)(d) Determine the identity of the person responsible for the maltreatment, including the name, address, social security number, gender, and race. In instances in which the employee is found to be responsible for abuse, neglect or abandonment in an institutional setting, the child protective investigator (CPI) shall determine whether there is reasonable cause to suspect the employee’s children were abused, abandoned, or neglected by the employee, in which case the CPI must contact the Florida Abuse Hotline assess whether the severity of the verified maltreatment or other circumstances warrant a concurrent, in-home investigation of the caregiver’s household, due to the presence of children in the employee’s home.
(4)(e) Determine if immediate safety actions are necessary to protect the child from further abuse, neglect or abandonment. If the program or facility’s owners or administrators have not taken sufficient actions to address a situation of harm or threatened harm to a child in their care, the child protective investigator may restrict the alleged perpetrator’s access to the child if:
65C-29.011 Out-of-Town Inquiries.
(7) Any disagreements regarding the acceptance or handling of an OTI request shall be referred directly to each investigator’s respective supervisor for timely resolution to meet the response standards established within this chapter.
