(a) The Department shall review each case substantiated for abuse or neglect that was placed on the Central Registry (also known as the Central Child Abuse Registry, the Child Abuse Registry and the Central Abuse Registry) between August 1, 1994, and February 1, 2003, and designate each case to a Child Protection Level in accordance with the regulations developed pursuant to § 923 of this title.
(b) A person who has been entered on the Child Protection Registry for the time prescribed in the designated Child Protection Level for the person's incident of abuse or neglect must be automatically removed from the Child Protection Registry, provided that the person has not been substantiated for an incident of abuse or neglect while on the Child Protection Registry. The Department shall notify the person of the removal.
(c) The Department shall notify a person who does not qualify for automatic removal from the Child Protection Registry of the Child Protection Level to which the person has been designated and of the consequences of designation to that level, including whether the person will be reported as substantiated for abuse or neglect in a Child Protection Registry check pursuant to Chapter 85 of Title 11 or Chapter 3 of Title 31.
Structure Delaware Code
Subchapter II. Child Protection Registry
§ 921. Child Protection Registry; purpose.
§ 922. Entry on the Child Protection Registry.
§ 923. Child Protection Levels.
§ 924. Notice of Intent to Substantiate; process.
§ 925. Petition for substantiation.
§ 925A. Grounds for substantiation.
§ 926. Finding of abuse or neglect in child welfare proceeding; binding effect.
§ 927. Automatic stay of substantiation proceedings.
§ 928. Persons entered on the Registry between August 1, 1994, and February 1, 2003.