(a) The child protective investigator shall provide notification of the finding to those persons specified in (c) through (e) below. The child protective investigator shall delay the notification as long as the delay does not appear to put the alleged child victim at risk, when a case is in litigation or a report is under criminal investigation and the police, prosecutor or Deputy Attorney General has determined that notification of the investigation findings to persons in (c) through (e) below, would interfere with the litigation. | ||
(b) The child protective investigator shall notify persons specified in (c) through (e) below of the finding no later than 10 days from the date upon which the Department made a finding of substantiated or unfounded, unless for good cause approved by a supervisor. | ||||
(c) The child protective investigator shall advise each person identified as a perpetrator in a report of substantiated abuse or neglect that: | ||||
1. He or she has been identified as a confirmed perpetrator of abuse or neglect; | ||||
2. His or her name and identifying information are entered into the Department‘s child abuse registry, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.11; and | ||||
3. He or she shall have an opportunity to dispute a finding of substantiated abuse or neglect, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:120A. | ||||
(d) The child protective investigator shall advise each alleged perpetrator of the finding, when a report is unfounded, except as limited by (a) and (b) above. | ||||
(e) The child protective investigator shall advise the following people that the investigation has been completed and the finding of the investigation, upon completion of the investigation: | ||||
1. The caregiver with physical custody at the time of the incident; | ||||
2. The parent with whom the child normally resides; | ||||
3. The parent to whom the alleged child victim will be returned, if the alleged child victim was in an institution at the time of the incident; and | ||||
4. The institutional caregiver or chief administrator of the institution, if the alleged child victim was in institutional placement. | ||||
