Ohio Admin. Code 5101:2-36-06 - PCSA requirements for a deserted child/safe haven assessment/investigation
(A) A public children services agency (PCSA)
is to
shall
conduct a deserted child/safe haven
assessment/investigation if all of the following apply to the child subject of
the report:
(1) The child is fewer than
thirty-one days old.
(2) The child
was voluntarily left by the child's parent in the care of an emergency medical
service worker, peace officer, peace officer support
employee, or hospital employee by the child's
parent(s).
(3) The child
was left and the child's parent(s) did not express an intention to return for
the child.
(B) The PCSA
is to
shall
initiate the screened in deserted child/safe
haven report by:
attempting
(1)
Attempting face-to-face contact with the child
subject of the report within one
twenty-four hours
hour from the time the referral was screened in,
or
(2)
Obtaining information regarding the child subject of the
report's current condition and safety via face-to-face, virtual, or telephone
contact with the hospital staff member providing care for the
infant.
(C) The
PCSA is to
shall contact the individual who originally took
possession of the child and obtain:
(1) The
date and time the child subject of the report was left with the
individual.
(2) All information
regarding the child left by the parent(s).
(3) The JFS 01672 "Voluntary Medical History
For Safe Havens" (rev. 3/2009) form, if
completed by the child's parent(s).
(4) All clothing and articles left with the
child.
(D) The PCSA
is to
shall
accept emergency temporary custody of the child subject of the report.
(E) The PCSA shall arrange for the
child subject of the report to be examined by a physician within one hour of
face-to-face contact with the child subject of the report.
(1) The examination shall assess the
health and well being of the child and indicators of
maltreatment.
(2) If the child subject of the
report is not left at a hospital, the PCSA shall transport, or arrange for
transportation of the child to the nearest appropriate hospital emergency
department.
(F)
The PCSA is to
obtain the medical examination report from the physician.
(G) The PCSA is
to
shall screen in a report of child
abuse and/or neglect if any of the following occur during the
assessment/investigation of a deserted child/safe haven
child:
(1) The child's condition
reasonably indicates abuse and/or neglect, including the following:
(a) An infant identified as
a substance affected infant as defined in
affected by legal or illegal substance abuse or
withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal or postnatal substance exposure
pursuant to rule
5101:2-1-01 of the
Administrative Code.
(b) An infant
diagnosed with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
(2) The PCSA determines that someone other
than the parent delivered the child subject of the report to the care of an
emergency medical service worker, peace officer, peace
officer support employee, or hospital employee.
(3) The child subject of the report is
determined to be more than thirty days old at the time the child was delivered
to the care of an emergency medical service worker, peace officer,
peace officer support employee, or hospital
employee.
(H) The PCSA
is to
shall
place the child subject of the report in substitute care pursuant to rule
5101:2-42-04 of the
Administrative Code and provide a copy of the medical examination report to the
caregiver.
(I) The PCSA
is to
shall
contact the following agencies and determine if a child matching the
description of the child subject of the report has been reported missing:
(1) Local law enforcement.
(2) Ohio's missing children's information
clearinghouse (http://www.mcc.ag.state.oh.us/https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/missingkids).
(3) National center for missing
and exploited children (http://www.missingkids.com/
https://www.missingkids.org).
(J) The PCSA
is to
shall
complete activities to obtain a birth certificate and a social security card
for the child subject of the report.
(K) The PCSA is
to
shall complete the deserted
child/safe haven assessment/investigation no
later than sixty
forty-five days from the date the referral was
screened in as a report.
(L) The assessment/investigation
documentation and any materials obtained as a result of the
assessment/investigation are to
shall be maintained in the case
record.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2151.421, 5153.16, 5153.166
Rule Amplifies: 5153.16, 2151.3519, 2151.421
Prior Effective Dates: 12/01/2001, 03/01/2006, 10/01/2009, 03/01/2014, 06/17/2018
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