Md. Code Regs. tit. 07, subtit. 02, ch. 07.02.07 - Child Protective Services - Investigation of Child Abuse and Neglect

  1. § 07.02.07.01 - Purpose and Scope
  2. § 07.02.07.02 - Definitions
  3. § 07.02.07.03 - Eligibility for a CPS Response
  4. § 07.02.07.04 - Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect
  5. § 07.02.07.05 - Receiving Reports of Child Abuse or Neglect
  6. § 07.02.07.06 - Initial Response to a Report of Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect
  7. § 07.02.07.07 - Investigation of Suspected Child Abase and Neglect - General
  8. § 07.02.07.08 - On-Site Investigation
  9. § 07.02.07.09 - Completing the Investigation of Alleged Child Abuse or Neglect
  10. § 07.02.07.10 - Identification of Alleged Maltreator
  11. § 07.02.07.11 - Child Abuse Disposition
  12. § 07.02.07.12 - Child Neglect Disposition
  13. § 07.02.07.13 - Closure of Investigation
  14. § 07.02.07.14 - Alternative Response Assessment of Child Abuse or Neglect
  15. § 07.02.07.15 - On-Site Alternative Response Assessment
  16. § 07.02.07.16 - Closure of Alternative Response Assessment
  17. § 07.02.07.17 - Provision of Services
  18. § 07.02.07.18 - The Record
  19. § 07.02.07.19 - Expungement of Child Abuse and Neglect Records
  20. § 07.02.07.20 - Centralized Confidential Database
  21. § 07.02.07.21 - Confidentiality-CPS Responses to Child Abuse or Neglect
  22. § 07.02.07.22 - Multidisciplinary Case Consultation Teams
  23. § 07.02.07.23 - Development of Procedures for Joint Investigations
  24. § 07.02.07.24 - Hearings

Notes

Md. Code Regs. tit. 07, subtit. 02, ch. 07.02.07
Effective date: February 1, 1973
Regulation .03B amended effective January 5, 1977 (4:1 Md. R. 15)
Chapter revised effective August 17, 1977 (4:17 Md. R. 1293)
Regulations .01 and .05B amended effective November 2, 1979 (6:22 Md. R. 1776)
Regulation .07B adopted effective May 2, 1980 (7:9 Md. R. 843)
Regulation .11 adopted effective November 2, 1979 (6:22 Md. R. 1776)
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Chapter revised effective March 6, 1981 (8:5 Md. R. 471)
Regulations .02B and .08 amended effective December 20, 1982 (9:25 Md. R. 2477)
Regulation .02A, C amended effective December 17, 1984 (11:25 Md. R. 2129)
Regulation .02E-1 adopted effective March 11, 1985 (12:5 Md. R. 481)
Regulation .05B amended effective December 17, 1984 (11:25 Md. R. 2129)
Regulation .09I repealed effective December 17, 1984 (11:25 Md. R. 2129)
Regulation .10-1 adopted effective December 17, 1984 (11:25 Md. R. 2129)
Regulation .11 amended effective March 11, 1985 (12:5 Md. R. 481)
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Chapter revised effective February 6, 1989 (16:2 Md. R. 157)
Regulations .02, .03, .07, .08, and .14 amended and .07-1 and .19 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 1993 (20:20 Md. R. 1547)
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Regulations .01-.18 repealed and new Regulations .01-.24 adopted effective October 1, 1994 (21:19 Md. R. 1630)
Regulation .02B amended effective November 6, 1995 (22:22 Md. R. 1656)
Regulation .05G adopted effective July 1, 1996 (23:13 Md. R. 940)
Regulation .07 amended effective August 14, 1995 (22:16 Md. R. 1219)
Regulation .22 amended effective August 14, 1995 (22:16 Md. R. 1219)
Regulation .23A amended effective November 18, 1996 (23:23 Md. R. 1554)
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Chapter, Protective Services for Neglected and Abused Children, repealed and new chapter, Child Protective Services-Investigation of Child Abuse and Neglect, adopted effective March 18, 2002 (29:5 Md. R. 500)
Regulation .02B amended effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025); October 5, 2009 (36:20 Md. R. 1527); September 30, 2013 (40:19 Md. R. 1543)
Regulation .03 amended effective October 5, 2009 (36:20 Md. R. 1527)
Regulation .04A, B amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
Regulation .05 amended effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R. 676); November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025)
Regulation .05D amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
Regulation .06 amended effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025); February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
Regulation .07A amended effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025)
Regulation .07C amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
Regulation .09A amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
Regulation .12A, C amended effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025)
Regulation .14A, B amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
Regulation .15B, C amended effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025)
Regulation .17 amended effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025)
Regulation .18 amended effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025)
Regulation .19 amended effective June 19, 2006 (33:12 Md. R. 997); November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2025); December 27, 2010 (37:26 Md. R. 1786)
Regulation .19C amended effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1716); February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
Regulation .20B amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
Regulation .21A amended effective February 20, 2012 (39:3 Md. R. 258)
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Regulations .01-.23 repealed and new Regulations .01-.24 adopted effective June 19, 2017 (44:12 Md. R. 586)
Regulation 02, .06, .08 - .14, .17, .21, and .23 amended effective September 7, 2020 (47:18 Md. R. 824)

Authority: Criminal Law Article, §§ 3-601, 3-602, and 3-602.1; Family Law Article, Title 5, Subtitle 7; Human Services Article, §§ 1-202 and 4-207; Annotated Code of Maryland Chs. 398 and 399, Acts of 2011 (Agency Note: 42 U.S.C. 5106a(b)(2); 45 CFR § 1340.20)

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