§ 424. Duties of the child protective service concerning reports of\nabuse or maltreatment. Each child protective service shall:\n 1. receive on a twenty-four hour, seven day a week basis all reports\nof suspected child abuse or maltreatment in accordance with this title,\nthe local plan for the provision of child protective services and the\nregulations of the commissioner;\n 2. maintain and keep up-to-date a local child abuse and maltreatment\nregister of all cases reported under this title together with any\nadditional information obtained and a record of the final disposition of\nthe report, including services offered and accepted;\n 3. upon the receipt of each written report made pursuant to this\ntitle, transmit, forthwith, a copy thereof to the state central register\nof child abuse and maltreatment. In addition, not later than seven days\nafter receipt of the initial report, the child protective service shall\nsend a preliminary written report of the initial investigation,\nincluding evaluation and actions taken or contemplated, to the state\ncentral register. Follow-up reports shall be made at regular intervals\nthereafter in a manner and form prescribed by the commissioner by\nregulation to the end that the state central register is kept fully\ninformed and up-to-date concerning the handling of reports;\n 4. give telephone notice and forward immediately a copy of reports\nmade pursuant to this title which involve the death of a child to the\nappropriate district attorney. In addition, telephone notice shall be\ngiven and a copy of any or all reports made pursuant to this title shall\nbe forwarded immediately by the child protective service to the\nappropriate district attorney if a prior request in writing for such\nnotice and copies has been made to the service by the district attorney.\nSuch request shall specify the kinds of allegations concerning which the\ndistrict attorney requires such notice and copies and shall provide a\ncopy of the relevant provisions of law;\n 5. forward an additional copy of each report to the appropriate duly\nincorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to children or other\nduly authorized child protective agency if a prior request for such\ncopies has been made to the service in writing by the society or agency;\n 5-a. give telephone notice and forward immediately a copy of reports\nmade pursuant to this title which involve suspected physical injury as\ndescribed in paragraph (i) of subdivision (e) of section ten hundred\ntwelve of the family court act or sexual abuse of a child or the death\nof a child to the appropriate local law enforcement. Investigations\nshall be conducted by an approved multidisciplinary investigative team,\nestablished pursuant to subdivision six of section four hundred\ntwenty-three of this title provided that in counties without a\nmultidisciplinary investigative team investigations shall be conducted\njointly by local child protective services and local law enforcement.\nProvided however, that co-reporting in these instances shall not be\nrequired when the local social services district has an approved\nprotocol on joint investigations of child abuse and maltreatment between\nthe local district and law enforcement. Such protocol shall be submitted\nto the office of children and family services for approval and the\noffice shall approve or disapprove of such protocols within thirty days\nof submission. Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit local child\nprotective services from consulting with local law enforcement on any\nchild abuse or maltreatment report.\n 5-b. shall make an assessment in a timely manner of each report made\npursuant to this title which involves suspected maltreatment which\nalleges any physical harm when the report is made by a person required\nto report pursuant to section four hundred thirteen of this title within\nsix months of any other two reports that were indicated or may still be\npending involving the same chi
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