North Dakota Code 50-25.1-04.1 – State child protection team – How created – Duties
1. The department shall name the members of the state child protection team. The department is responsible for all reports made pursuant to this chapter. The department shall set meetings for the purposes of fulfilling the duties set forth in sections 50-25.1-02 and 50-25.1-04.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 50-25.1-04.1
- Allegation: something that someone says happened.
- children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
2. Under procedures adopted by the team, the team may meet at any time, confer with any individuals, groups, and agencies, and may issue reports or recommendations on any aspect of child abuse, neglect, or death resulting from abuse or neglect the team deems appropriate. All reports or recommendations issued are subject to section 50-25.1-11, except that the team shall make available information reflecting the disposition of reports of institutional child abuse, neglect, or death resulting from abuse or neglect, when the identity of persons reporting, and of the children and parents of children involved, is protected.
3. In every case of alleged institutional child abuse or neglect, the state child protection team shall make a determination whether child abuse or neglect is indicated. Upon a determination that institutional child abuse or neglect is indicated, the state child protection team promptly shall make a written report of the determination. When a report includes an allegation or report of institutional child abuse and neglect as defined in section 50-25.1-02, the state child protection team promptly shall notify the commissioner of the department or commissioner’s designee of the determination. Notwithstanding section 50-25.1-11, the department shall notify the superintendent of public instruction, the school district administrator, and the president or chairman of the school board or a private school’s governing body or entity if the subject of the report is a public or private school.
4. If a determination that institutional child abuse or neglect is indicated relative to a residential facility or setting either licensed, certified, or approved by the department or a residential facility or setting that receives funding from the department, that facility or setting shall engage in an improvement plan approved by the department. Failure to complete the approved improvement plan must result in notification to the residential facility or setting’s board of directors and to any entity that accredits the facility or setting. Notification must include the written report of the state child protection team, the approved improvement plan, and areas of deficiency that resulted in the notification.