Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 529 - Multidisciplinary Teams for Child Protection › Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Prevention Service › Section 310:529-3-3 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Annual survey"
means a written document
				  submitted on at least a yearly basis to the Office of Child Abuse Prevention
				  summarizing the activities of the team as related to child protection
				  investigations and services with the data elements and format proscribed by the
				  Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council.
"Child abuse multidisciplinary account"
means a
				  continuing fund established by the Oklahoma Legislature for the purpose of
				  providing operating funds to functional multidisciplinary teams.
"Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council"
means the Office of Child Abuse Prevention B Child Abuse Training and
				  Coordination Council as established in O.S. Title 63 §
									1-227.9.
"Communityneeds 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 Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council.
"Confidentiality statement"
means the written
				  document signed by 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.
"Data collection"
means multidisciplinary teams
				  shall maintain data on every case reviewed by the multidisciplinary team in the
				  format proscribed by the Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council.
"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.
"Initial team training"
means a training
				  conducted during the early formation of the team where individual team members
				  are oriented to the multidisciplinary child abuse team approach.
"Joint investigations"
means law enforcement and
				  child welfare staff conduct a collaborative investigation with written
				  protocols to decrease duplicative efforts and to ensure a thorough
				  process.
"Multidisciplinary team members"
means team
				  members to include police officers or other law enforcement agents, child
				  protective services workers within the Oklahoma Department of Human Services,
				  mental health professionals, medical personnel, multidisciplinary child abuse
				  team coordinators, child advocacy center director and the district attorney or
				  assistant district attorney.
"Protocol"
means specific methods and procedures
				  used to conduct child protection investigations and
				  interviews.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 2917,
				  eff 7-26-02 (emergency); Added at 20 Ok Reg 1659, eff
				  6-12-03