Haw. Code R. § 17-1610-23 - Child welfare assessment
(a) The department
shall assess each report accepted by the department in accordance with
departmental procedures. The assessment, which will continue throughout the
duration of the case, will determine whether or not the child has been harmed
or is threatened with harm and the action that will be taken by the
department.
(b) The department
shall determine and initiate any needed services necessary to complete the
assessment, including but not limited to multidisciplinary team consultation,
psychological, psychiatric, psychosexual or other needed evaluations. pursuant
to departmental procedures.
(c)
When additional facts are needed to thoroughly evaluate the family's and the
child's current situation, the department shall contact other persons or
agencies that may possess knowledge of the family, without consent, pursuant to
chapter 350, HRS.
(d) A written
medical assessment of the child's physical condition shall be obtained when
sexual abuse is suspected or there is a report of severe abuse, neglect, or
medical neglect pursuant to departmental procedures. If the child remains, in
the custody of the legal custodian, a medical diagnosis shall be obtained with
the consent of the legal custodian or pursuant to an order of the
court.
(e) The department may
obtain a criminal history record check on an alleged perpetrator or maltreater
of imminent harm, harm, or threatened harm to a child in accordance with
section
587A-11(1)
and departmental procedures.
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