{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1302.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 4-1302.01","heading":"Duties and responsibilities.","body":"(a)\nThere is hereby established a Child Protection Register to be maintained by the Agency.\n\n(b)\nThe purposes of the Register are to:\n(1)\nMaintain, in print or in a database, a confidential index of cases of abused and neglected children;\n(2)\nAssist in the identification and treatment of abused and neglected children and their families; and\n(3)\nServe as a resource for the evaluation, management, and planning of programs and services for abused and neglected children.\n\n(c)\nThe staff of the Agency assigned to maintain the Child Protection Register shall maintain 24-hour, 7 day-a-week telephone lines which may be combined with the 24-hour intake components described part C of this subchapter.\n\n(d)\nSaid staff shall:\n(1)\nReceive reports and information necessary for the operation of the Child Protection Register and make appropriate entries in such Register as required by § 4-1302.02(a); and\n(2)\nRelease information contained in the Child Protection Register in a manner consistent with this subchapter.\n\n(e)\nThe Mayor shall submit a report to the Council on the Agency’s plan for implementation of the provisions of this part, as amended by D.C. Law 14-206, no later than January 31, 2003.","path":["Title 4. Public Care Systems.","Chapter 13. Child Abuse and Neglect.","Subchapter I. Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.","Part B. Child Protection Register."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/4-1302.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e43c6ed972b25142708342744d02b7ab52e60e78b1aee0454de938b5d00d99b2","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1301.52","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1302.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}