California Code of Regulations › Title 11 - Law › Division 1 - Attorney General › Chapter 9 - Report of Child Abuse › Article 1 - Administration of the Child Abuse Central Index › Section 900 - Scope

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The regulations in this article are enacted pursuant to Penal
					 Code sections
					 11169 and
					 11170 and set forth
					 the procedures used by the California Department of Justice (DOJ) to administer the
					 Child Abuse Central Index (CACI). The CACI is created pursuant to the Child Abuse
					 and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA). (Penal Code section
					 11164 et
					 seq.)
CANRA requires that instances of suspected child abuse or
					 neglect be investigated by county welfare departments or local law enforcement
					 agencies. When an agency conducting an abuse or neglect investigation determines
					 that the allegations of abuse or severe neglect are not unfounded as defined by
					 CANRA, the agency must submit, a report in writing to the DOJ indicating whether the
					 agency's finding is inconclusive or substantiated as these terms are defined by
					 CANRA (Penal Code section
					 11169(a)).
					 The DOJ is required to prepare a form to be used by the investigating agency to
					 report its finding to the DOJ that allegations of child abuse or severe neglect are
					 not unfounded. The CACI contains the information submitted to the DOJ by the
					 investigating agencies on the Child Abuse or Severe Neglect Indexing Form (BCIA
					 8583).
The submitting investigating agencies are solely responsible for
					 the accuracy and completeness of the information required on the BCIA 8583. The DOJ
					 is responsible for ensuring that the CACI accurately reflects the information the
					 DOJ receives on the reporting form from the submitting agency. The information in
					 CACI is confidential and shall only be provided to entities authorized to receive it
					 pursuant to Penal Code sections
					 11167.5,
					 11170 and
					 11170.5 or any other
					 provision of law.
These regulations broadly describe how CACI information is
					 collected and disseminated, and include the BCIA 8583 that the investigating county
					 welfare departments and local law enforcement agencies must use to report its
					 finding of substantiated or inconclusive child abuse or severe
					 neglect.
1. New article 1
					 (sections 900-911) and section filed 7-17-98;
					 operative 7-17-98 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(d)
					 (Register 98, No. 29). For prior history of article 1, see Register 81, No.
					 46.
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 4-22-2002; operative 5-22-2002
					 (Register 2002, No. 17).
3. Amendment filed 5-12-2006; operative
					 6-11-2006 (Register 2006, No. 19).
4. Amendment of article heading,
					 repealer of article 1 (sections
					 900-911) and new article 1 (sections
					 900-906), repealer and new section and
					 amendment of NOTE filed 1-5-2010; operative 1-5-2010 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2010, No. 2).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						11170(a)(1),
						Penal Code. Reference: Section
						11170(a)(1),
						Penal Code.