Colorado Code
Part 3 - Child Abuse or Neglect
§ 19-3-308. Action Upon Report of Intrafamilial, Institutional, or Third-Party Abuse - Investigations - Child Protection Team - Rules - Report

(5.5) Upon the receipt of a report, if the county department reasonably believes that an incident of abuse or neglect has occurred, it shall immediately notify the local law enforcement agency responsible for investigation of violations of criminal child abuse laws. The local law enforcement agency may conduct an investigation to determine if a violation of any criminal child abuse law has occurred. It is the general assembly's intent that, in each county of the state, law enforcement agencies and the respective county departments of human or social services develop and implement cooperative agreements to coordinate duties of both agencies in connection with the investigation of all child abuse or neglect cases and that the focus of such agreements is to ensure the best protection for the child. The agreements must provide for special requests by one agency for assistance from the other agency and for joint investigations by both agencies.
(5.7) Upon initial investigation of a report alleging abuse or neglect in which the suspected perpetrator was acting in his official capacity as an employee of a school district, if the county department or the local law enforcement agency reasonably believes that an incident of abuse or neglect has occurred, it shall immediately notify the superintendent of the school district who shall consider such report to be confidential information; except that the superintendent shall notify the department of education of such investigation.

Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 767, § 1, effective October 1. L. 88: (5.5) added, p. 744, § 13, effective July 1. L. 90: (4)(a) amended and (5.7) added, p. 1023, § 2, effective July 1. L. 91: (1), (3)(a), (4), (5), (5.5), (6), (9), and (10) amended and (4.5) and (5.3) added, p. 223, § 4, effective May 24; (4)(b) amended, p. 1912, § 22, effective June 1. L. 93: (1)(b) amended, p. 1169, § 1, effective June 3; (1)(a) amended, p. 1169, § 1, effective January 1, 1994. L. 96: (4)(a) amended, p. 84, § 9, effective March 20. L. 97: (2) amended, p. 1438, § 12, effective July 1; (6)(a) amended, p. 1191, § 15, effective July 1. L. 99: (1.5) added, p. 1076, § 2, effective May 29. L. 2001: (5.3)(a) amended, p. 854, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2003: (4)(a), (5), and (5.3)(a) amended and (11) added, p. 1406, § 11, effective January 1, 2004. L. 2004: (4.5)(a.5) added, p. 1758, § 1, effective June 4; (1)(b) repealed, p. 194, § 9, effective August 4. L. 2005: (1)(c) added, p. 588, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1.5)(c) added, (HB 10-1226), ch. 129, p. 425, § 2, effective April 15; (1.5)(b) amended, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 791, § 42, effective April 29. L. 2015: (1.5)(c) amended, (HB 15-1358), ch. 193, p. 641, § 2, effective May 14. L. 2016: IP(4.5)(a.5)(I) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 760, § 31, effective June 6; (4)(c) added, (HB 16-1224), ch. 101, p. 290, § 2, effective January 1, 2017. L. 2017: (6), (7), and (8) amended, (9) repealed, and (12) added, (SB 17-016), ch. 107, p. 389, § 2, effective August 9. L. 2018: (1.5)(b) amended, (HB 18-1094), ch. 343, p. 2044, § 9, effective June 30; (4)(c), (5.3)(a), (5.3)(b), and (5.5) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 418, § 53, effective August 8. L. 2019: (13) added, (HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2460, § 6, effective August 2.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2003 act amending subsections (4)(a), (5), and (5.3)(a) and enacting subsection (11) see section 1 of chapter 196, Session Laws of Colorado 2003. For the legislative declaration in the 2010 act adding subsection (1.5)(c), see section 1 of chapter 129, Session Laws of Colorado 2010. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.