55 Pa. Code § 3490.32 - ChildLine reporting to the county agency

(a) ChildLine shall immediately transmit reports of suspected child abuse verbally to the county agency of the county where the suspected abuse occurred. If the child resides in a different county, ChildLine will notify that county also.

(b) If the child was allegedly abused in more than one county or on an ongoing basis, ChildLine will assign the report to the county where the most recent alleged abuse occurred.

(c) The county agency which receives the report initially is responsible to contact the other counties in subsections (a) and (b) in conducting the investigation. If it appears that a county other than the one to which the report was referred should conduct the investigation, the agencies should decide between themselves which one is responsible for the report. The county which received the report initially shall notify ChildLine of any change so that ChildLine's records are accurate and up-to-date.

(d) If the counties are unable to agree about which one is responsible to conduct the investigation and make the status determination, the county to which the report was assigned shall contact ChildLine and Childline will assign the investigation to a county agency to make a status determination.

(e) The report of the investigation shall be submitted to ChildLine within 30-calendar days of when the report was received at ChildLine.

(f) The ChildLine report to the county agency shall contain the information on the current report of suspected abuse and the information on file at ChildLine on previous reports except for information obtained by the Department as a result of a request to expunge an indicated or founded report of child abuse or an indicated report of student abuse.

(g) If the complaint received does not suggest suspected child abuse but does suggest a need for social services or other services or investigation, ChildLine shall transmit the information to the appropriate county agency or other public agency.

Notes

55 Pa. Code § 3490.32

The provisions of this § 3490.32 adopted December 20, 1985, effective 1/1/1986, 15 Pa.B. 4547; amended July 2, 1999, effective 7/3/1999, 29 Pa.B. 3513.

This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 3490.36 (relating to providing information to the county agency).