Illinois Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27, 2024) |
TITLE89. SOCIAL SERVICES |
PART300. REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT |
§300.80. Delegation of the Investigation
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The Department may delegate the investigation of the child abuse or neglect report to:
a) the local police, sheriff's office, other law enforcement agency, or the State's Attorney, when they are concurrently conducting a criminal investigation of the same incidents and allegations; or
b) a coroner or medical examiner who is investigating the cause of death of a child who may have been the victim of child abuse or neglect; or
c) private social service agencies which had been designated for this purpose by the Department prior to July 1, 1980; or
d) the Department of State Police, when the investigation involves suspected child abuse or neglect perpetrated by State employees acting in their official capacity or in State facilities or institutions.
(Source: Recodified from 89 Ill. Adm. Code 302.150 at Ill. Reg. 3492)