Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 135 - Commission on Children and Youth › Chapter 10 - Programs, Boards, and Councils: Operation and Administration › Subchapter 25 - Freestanding Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Teams › Section 135:10-25-3 - Approval of freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse team

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
The following
				words and terms, when used in the Subchapters, shall have the following
				meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1)
"Annual survey"
means a
				written document submitted to the Commission summarizing the activities of the
				team as related to child protection investigations and services with the data
				elements and format proscribed by the Commission.
(2)
"Annual Site Review"
means
				the annual on-site review of multidisciplinary team records that assist the
				Commission in determining the functioning of the freestanding multidisciplinary
				team.
(3)
"Commission"
means the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth
(4)
"Confidentiality statement"
means the written document signed by the multidisciplinary team members
				assuring that all proceedings conducted during team meetings and child
				protective investigations will be kept confidential according to clearly
				defined limits, state law, and respective agency policy and
				procedure.
(5)
"Community
				Needs Assessment"
means conducting a process that results in a written
				document that identifies available services, service gaps, untapped resources
				and community based priorities for improvement or development of services to
				the victim and family according to the format and schedule of the
				Commission.
(6)
"Child Abuse
				Multidisciplinary Account"
means a continuing fund established by the
				Oklahoma Legislature for the purpose of providing operating funds to
				provisionally functioning and functioning multidisciplinary teams.
(7)
"Child Advocacy Center"
means a child friendly, safe and neutral location in which law enforcement and
				child protective services may conduct and observe forensic interviews with
				children who are alleged victims of crimes and where non-offending family
				members may receive support, crisis intervention, and referrals for mental
				health and medical treatment.
(8)
" Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Team"
means a Multidisciplinary
				Child Abuse team utilized by a Child Advocacy Center to meet National
				Accreditation Standards.
(9)
"Data Collection"
means multidisciplinary teams shall maintain
				data on every case reviewed by the multidisciplinary team in the format
				proscribed by the Commission.
(10)
"Expertise"
means individual team members' obtaining training and
				experience in a particular aspect of the multidisciplinary team approach,
				conducting legally sound and age appropriate interviews, effective
				investigation techniques, or knowledge about how to conduct joint
				investigations.
(11)
"Freestanding multidisciplinary team"
means a team not used by a
				child advocacy center for its accreditation.
(12)
"Functioning Freestanding
				Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Team"
means a freestanding
				multidisciplinary team that has met minimal standards promulgated by the
				Commission.
(13)
"Provisionally Functioning Freestanding Multidisciplinary Child Abuse
				Team"
means a team that has met the minimal freestanding
				multidisciplinary team standards for a new team.
(14)
"Non-Functional Freestanding
				Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Team"
means a team that has not met the
				minimal standards promulgated by the Commission.
(15)
"Joint Investigations"
means law enforcement and child welfare staff collaborative investigation with
				written protocols to decrease duplicative efforts and to ensure a thorough
				process.
(16)
"Interagency
				agreement(s)"
means the written document(s) signed by the
				multidisciplinary team member agencies that specify the cooperative effort of
				the member agencies to the team and delineates roles and
				responsibilities.
(17)
"Initial Freestanding Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Team Training"
means training conducted during the early formation of the team where
				individual team members are oriented to the multidisciplinary child abuse team
				approach.
(18)
"Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Team"
means a group of individuals
				of differing disciplines working together collaboratively on a common
				purpose.
(19)
"Protocol"
means specific methods and procedures used to conduct
				child protection investigations and interviews.
(20)
"Standards"
means the
				criteria used to determine functionality of a multidisciplinary team.