Ariz. Admin. Code § R21-1-105 - Procedures for Processing a Request for Dcs Information from a Person or Entity Providing Services in Official Capacity

A. The Department shall release DCS Information without charging the fee required by R21-1-110 when a person or entity entitled to receive DCS Information requires information to:

1. Meet its duties to provide for the safety, permanency, and well-being of a child;

2. Provide services to the child, parent, guardian, custodian, or family members to strengthen the family;

3. Enforce or prosecute a violation of child abuse or neglect laws;

4. To help investigate and prosecute any violation involving domestic violence as defined in A.R.S. § 13-3601, or violent sexual assaults as defined in A.R.S. § 13-1423;

5. Provide DCS Information to a defendant as required by an order of the criminal court; or

6. Provide DCS Information to:

a. A juvenile, domestic relations, family or conciliation court;

b. The parties or their attorneys in a dependency, guardianship, or termination of parental rights proceeding;

c. The FCRB;

d. A CASA; or

e. A person that provides oversight of DCS.

B. Before releasing DCS Information under this Section, the Department shall determine that the person requesting DCS Information is a person entitled to receive DCS Information under this Section and A.R.S. § 8-807.

C. Within 30 workdays of the receipt date, the Department shall provide the requester with one of the following written responses:

1. The requested DCS Information;

2. A statement that the requested DCS Information does not exist;

3. A statement that the Department cannot provide the requested DCS Information within 30 workdays, the reason for the delay, and the anticipated time-frame for response; or

4. A statement that the Department cannot release the requested DCS Information, with the statutory citation and the reason for the denial.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R21-1-105

Adopted by exempt rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 2554, effective 11/30/2015.